You probably already know this, but the static method call has to use the same name as the class you're making the call to. So Database::getInst() will return an error, but EvulDB::getInst() will work fine.

Your correct on how to go about that, but I did notice one other thing - your EvulUser class extends your EvulDB class, so there shouldn't be a need to call an instance of EvulDB from within it. You can just use $this to access all the parent methods and properties.

Oh, also, how come you don't have a local test server set up on your laptop? It saves a hell of a headache tracking down all the little typo's and what not if you can just switch over to your browser and test the latest updates.
-m