private static function connect()
 {
     migration_dbconnection::$mig_con = mysqli_connect(Config::mig_host, Config::mig_db_user, Config::mig_db_pass, Config::mig_db);
     migration_dbconnection::$v1_con = mysqli_connect(Config::v1_host, Config::v1_db_user, Config::v1_db_pass, Config::v1_db);
     migration_dbconnection::$v2_con = mysqli_connect(Config::v2_host, Config::v2_db_user, Config::v2_db_pass, Config::v2_db);
     //this is so dumb...
     mysqli_set_charset(migration_dbconnection::$mig_con, 'utf8');
     mysqli_set_charset(migration_dbconnection::$v1_con, 'utf8');
     mysqli_set_charset(migration_dbconnection::$v2_con, 'utf8');
 }