private static function _connect() { self::$_con = mysql_connect(self::$host, self::$user, self::$pswd); if (!self::$_con) { return false; } if (!mysql_query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ' . self::$db, self::$_con)) { return false; } if (!mysql_query("set names'UTF8'")) { return false; } return mysql_select_db(self::$db, self::$_con); }