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'); }