public function connect()
    {
        $this->connection = @new \mysqli(
            $this->host,
            $this->username,
            $this->password,
            $this->databaseName
        );

        if (!$this->connection->connect_errno) {
            $this->connection->autocommit(1);
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }