protected function get_settings_hash() {
        if (empty($this->settingshash)) {
            $this->settingshash = md5($this->dbhost . $this->dbuser . $this->dbname . $this->prefix);
        }
        return $this->settingshash;
    }
protected function get_settings_hash() {
        if (empty($this->settingshash)) {
            $this->settingshash = md5($this->dbhost . $this->dbuser . $this->dbname . $this->prefix);
        }
        return $this->settingshash;
    }
protected function get_settings_hash ( ) { if ( empty ( $ this -> settingshash ) ) { $ this -> settingshash = md5 ( $ this -> dbhost . $ this -> dbuser . $ this -> dbname . $ this -> prefix ) ; } return $ this -> settingshash ; }
Returns a hash for the settings used during connection.

If not already requested it is generated and stored in a private property.

@return string
Returns a hash for the settings used during connection .