getting database configuration into an external file

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dbconf.php

class.php

@@ -2,14 +2,19 @@
 
 class ps4 {
 
+    public function dbconf() {
+		global $dbconf;
+		$dbconf = require "dbconf.php";
+		return $dbconf;
+
+    }
+
 	function mysql_conn($sql=null) {
-		$servername = "10.99.0.1";
+
-		$username = "ps4";
+		$db = $this->dbconf();
-		$password = "zpmAeh9cXM7xyFR";
-		$dbname = "ps4";
 
 		// Create connection
-		$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
+		$conn = new mysqli($db["servername"], $db["username"], $db["password"], $db["dbname"]);
 		$conn->set_charset("utf8");
 		// Check connection
 		if ($conn->connect_error) {

dbconf.php.sample.php

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+	return array (
+		'servername' => 'localhost',
+		'username' => 'username',
+		'password' => 'password',
+		'dbname' => 'database'
+	);
+?>