Simple extension of PEAR DB

Hi, I'm using PEAR DB for most of my database work. Though, I would like to extend the class to be able to use my own application specific methods ("Fetch one page", "Fetch a specific user", etc.). I could create an ordinary function such as: function getuser ($db, $id) { return $db->getone("SELECT name FROM users WHERE id = ?",$id); } It works fine, but I don't like the idea of passing the object as an argument. It would create a strange mix of using generic functions and object-specific methods. Besides, the getuser()-function is closely related to the usage of PEAR DB and would be better off as a method. But I can't get an extended class to work. Code such as: class MyProject_DB extends DB { function getuser($id) { return $mydb->getone("SELECT name FROM web_people WHERE id = ?",$id); } } .. doesn't work: It seems like there is a chicken-and-the-egg-problem here. DB_common only gets read when DB::Connect has been called (and loaded e.g. DB/mysql.php that loads DB/common.php ). So I can't extend DB_common instead. Is there a simple solution I have missed, or is the problem the structure of PEAR DB? Another possibility is to create a wrapper that connects as part of the constructor, but I don't think this is the right approach for just adding a simple method. -- - Peter Brodersen