/**
* Connection to database. This release works with MySQL
* @param none
* @return none
* @access private
*/
function _connect()
{
$this->_report('Connecting to database', 30);
$settings = array('hostname' => $this->sDBHost, 'username' => $this->sDBUser, 'password' => $this->sDBPwd, 'socket' => $this->sDBSocket, 'database' => $this->sDBName);
$GLOBALS['settings'] = $settings;
$this->rLink = dbconn::instance($settings);
$this->rLink->query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
return $this->rLink;
}