protected static function init()
{
// load configfile
$config = $GLOBALS['config'];
if (self::$INSTANCE == null) {
self::$INSTANCE = new mysqli($config['DBHOST'], $config['DBUSER'], $config['DBPASSWORD'], $config['DBNAME']);
if (self::$INSTANCE->connect_errno) {
print "DATABASE: MySQL connection failed: " . self::$INSTANCE->connect_error;
}
self::$INSTANCE->query("SET NAMES utf8;");
}
return self::$INSTANCE;
}
