static function Connect() { SQLLib::$link = @mysqli_connect(SQL_HOST,SQL_USERNAME,SQL_PASSWORD,SQL_DATABASE); if (mysqli_connect_errno(SQLLib::$link)) die("Unable to connect MySQL: ".mysqli_connect_error()); $charsets = array("utf8mb4","utf8"); SQLLib::$charset = ""; foreach($charsets as $c) { if (mysqli_set_charset(SQLLib::$link,$c)) { SQLLib::$charset = $c; break; } } if (!SQLLib::$charset) { die("Error loading any of the character sets:"); } }