API	Package	Subpackage	Class	Method	Reference	Last reviewed	Doc status
Home	Joomla.Framework	Database	JDatabase	getInstance	getInstance()	Never	Work in Progress

Returns a reference to the global Database object, only creating it if it doesn’t already exist.

JDatabase &getInstance ( $option )

To connect to the Joomla! database you should not call this method directly. Instead use the JFactory class as follows:

<?php
$db = & JFactory::getDBO();
?>