diff --git a/include/auth_ejabberd.php b/include/auth_ejabberd.php
index 490ea0d1cb..3918a45e15 100755
--- a/include/auth_ejabberd.php
+++ b/include/auth_ejabberd.php
@@ -47,18 +47,16 @@ $directory = realpath($directory."/..");
 chdir($directory);
 require_once("boot.php");
 
-global $a, $db;
+global $a;
 
 if (is_null($a)) {
 	$a = new App(dirname(__DIR__));
 }
 
-if (is_null($db)) {
-	@include(".htconfig.php");
-	require_once("include/dba.php");
-	$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-	unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-};
+@include(".htconfig.php");
+require_once("include/dba.php");
+dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
 // the logfile to which to write, should be writeable by the user which is running the server
 $sLogFile = get_config('jabber','logfile');
@@ -81,8 +79,6 @@ class exAuth {
 	 * @param boolean $bDebug Debug mode
 	 */
 	public function __construct($sLogFile, $bDebug) {
-		global $db;
-
 		// setter
 		$this->sLogFile 	= $sLogFile;
 		$this->bDebug		= $bDebug;
@@ -96,7 +92,7 @@ class exAuth {
 		// We are connected to the SQL server and are having a log file.
 		do {
 			// Quit if the database connection went down
-			if (!$db->connected()) {
+			if (!dba::connected()) {
 				$this->writeDebugLog("[debug] the database connection went down");
 				return;
 			}
diff --git a/include/cli_startup.php b/include/cli_startup.php
index 01ee90f421..41d7c18954 100644
--- a/include/cli_startup.php
+++ b/include/cli_startup.php
@@ -8,19 +8,16 @@ require_once('boot.php');
 // Everything we need to boot standalone 'background' processes
 
 function cli_startup() {
-
-	global $a, $db;
+	global $a;
 
 	if (is_null($a)) {
 		$a = new App(dirname(__DIR__));
 	}
 
-	if (is_null($db)) {
-		@include(".htconfig.php");
-		require_once("dba.php");
-		$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-		unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-	};
+	@include(".htconfig.php");
+	require_once("dba.php");
+	dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+	unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
 	require_once('include/session.php');
 
@@ -29,5 +26,4 @@ function cli_startup() {
 	$a->set_baseurl(get_config('system','url'));
 
 	load_hooks();
-
 }
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index 73246d4908..42f0614c80 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -11,21 +11,22 @@ require_once('include/datetime.php');
  */
 
 class dba {
+	public static $connected = true;
 
-	private $debug = 0;
-	private $db;
-	private $result;
-	private $driver;
-	public  $connected = false;
-	public  $error = false;
-	public  $errorno = 0;
-	public  $affected_rows = 0;
-	private $_server_info = '';
+	private static $_server_info = '';
+	private static $db;
+	private static $driver;
+	private static $error = false;
+	private static $errorno = 0;
+	private static $affected_rows = 0;
 	private static $in_transaction = false;
-	private static $dbo;
 	private static $relation = array();
 
-	function __construct($serveraddr, $user, $pass, $db, $install = false) {
+	public static function connect($serveraddr, $user, $pass, $db, $install = false) {
+		if (!is_null(self::$db)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		$a = get_app();
 
 		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
@@ -45,24 +46,24 @@ class dba {
 		$db = trim($db);
 
 		if (!(strlen($server) && strlen($user))) {
-			$this->connected = false;
-			$this->db = null;
-			return;
+			self::$connected = false;
+			self::$db = null;
+			return false;
 		}
 
 		if ($install) {
 			if (strlen($server) && ($server !== 'localhost') && ($server !== '127.0.0.1')) {
 				if (! dns_get_record($server, DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR)) {
-					$this->error = sprintf(t('Cannot locate DNS info for database server \'%s\''), $server);
-					$this->connected = false;
-					$this->db = null;
-					return;
+					self::$error = sprintf(t('Cannot locate DNS info for database server \'%s\''), $server);
+					self::$connected = false;
+					self::$db = null;
+					return false;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
 		if (class_exists('\PDO') && in_array('mysql', PDO::getAvailableDrivers())) {
-			$this->driver = 'pdo';
+			self::$driver = 'pdo';
 			$connect = "mysql:host=".$server.";dbname=".$db;
 
 			if (isset($port)) {
@@ -73,63 +74,47 @@ class dba {
 				$connect .= ";charset=".$a->config["system"]["db_charset"];
 			}
 			try {
-				$this->db = @new PDO($connect, $user, $pass);
-				$this->connected = true;
+				self::$db = @new PDO($connect, $user, $pass);
+				self::$connected = true;
 			} catch (PDOException $e) {
-				$this->connected = false;
+				self::$connected = false;
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (!$this->connected && class_exists('mysqli')) {
-			$this->driver = 'mysqli';
-			$this->db = @new mysqli($server, $user, $pass, $db, $port);
+		if (!self::$connected && class_exists('mysqli')) {
+			self::$driver = 'mysqli';
+			self::$db = @new mysqli($server, $user, $pass, $db, $port);
 			if (!mysqli_connect_errno()) {
-				$this->connected = true;
+				self::$connected = true;
 
 				if (isset($a->config["system"]["db_charset"])) {
-					$this->db->set_charset($a->config["system"]["db_charset"]);
+					self::$db->set_charset($a->config["system"]["db_charset"]);
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (!$this->connected && function_exists('mysql_connect')) {
-			$this->driver = 'mysql';
-			$this->db = mysql_connect($serveraddr, $user, $pass);
-			if ($this->db && mysql_select_db($db, $this->db)) {
-				$this->connected = true;
+		if (!self::$connected && function_exists('mysql_connect')) {
+			self::$driver = 'mysql';
+			self::$db = mysql_connect($serveraddr, $user, $pass);
+			if (self::$db && mysql_select_db($db, self::$db)) {
+				self::$connected = true;
 
 				if (isset($a->config["system"]["db_charset"])) {
-					mysql_set_charset($a->config["system"]["db_charset"], $this->db);
+					mysql_set_charset($a->config["system"]["db_charset"], self::$db);
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
 		// No suitable SQL driver was found.
-		if (!$this->connected) {
-			$this->db = null;
+		if (!self::$connected) {
+			self::$db = null;
 			if (!$install) {
 				system_unavailable();
 			}
 		}
 		$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "network");
 
-		self::$dbo = $this;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @brief Checks if the database object is initialized
-	 *
-	 * This is a possible bugfix for something that doesn't occur for me.
-	 * There seems to be situations, where the object isn't initialized.
-	 */
-	private static function initialize() {
-		if (!is_object(self::$dbo)) {
-			global $db;
-			self::$dbo = $db;
-			if (!is_object(self::$dbo)) {
-				die('Database is uninitialized!');
-			}
-		}
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -140,21 +125,21 @@ class dba {
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function server_info() {
-		if ($this->_server_info == '') {
-			switch ($this->driver) {
+	public static function server_info() {
+		if (self::$_server_info == '') {
+			switch (self::$driver) {
 				case 'pdo':
-					$this->_server_info = $this->db->getAttribute(PDO::ATTR_SERVER_VERSION);
+					self::$_server_info = self::$db->getAttribute(PDO::ATTR_SERVER_VERSION);
 					break;
 				case 'mysqli':
-					$this->_server_info = $this->db->server_info;
+					self::$_server_info = self::$db->server_info;
 					break;
 				case 'mysql':
-					$this->_server_info = mysql_get_server_info($this->db);
+					self::$_server_info = mysql_get_server_info(self::$db);
 					break;
 			}
 		}
-		return $this->_server_info;
+		return self::$_server_info;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -162,10 +147,10 @@ class dba {
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function database_name() {
-		$r = $this->q("SELECT DATABASE() AS `db`");
-
-		return $r[0]['db'];
+	public static function database_name() {
+		$ret = self::p("SELECT DATABASE() AS `db`");
+                $data = self::inArray($ret);
+		return $data[0]['db'];
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -173,7 +158,7 @@ class dba {
 	 *
 	 * @param string $query The database query that will be analyzed
 	 */
-	public function log_index($query) {
+	private static function log_index($query) {
 		$a = get_app();
 
 		if (empty($a->config["system"]["db_log_index"])) {
@@ -190,7 +175,7 @@ class dba {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$r = $this->q("EXPLAIN ".$query);
+		$r = self::p("EXPLAIN ".$query);
 		if (!dbm::is_result($r)) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -198,7 +183,7 @@ class dba {
 		$watchlist = explode(',', $a->config["system"]["db_log_index_watch"]);
 		$blacklist = explode(',', $a->config["system"]["db_log_index_blacklist"]);
 
-		foreach ($r AS $row) {
+		while ($row = dba::fetch($r)) {
 			if ((intval($a->config["system"]["db_loglimit_index"]) > 0)) {
 				$log = (in_array($row['key'], $watchlist) &&
 					($row['rows'] >= intval($a->config["system"]["db_loglimit_index"])));
@@ -225,79 +210,33 @@ class dba {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @brief execute SQL query - deprecated
-	 *
-	 * Please use the dba:: functions instead:
-	 * dba::select, dba::exists, dba::insert
-	 * dba::delete, dba::update, dba::p, dba::e
-	 *
-	 * @param string $sql SQL query
-	 * @return array Query array
-	 */
-	public function q($sql) {
-		$ret = self::p($sql);
-
-		if (is_bool($ret)) {
-			return $ret;
-		}
-
-		$columns = self::columnCount($ret);
-
-		$data = self::inArray($ret);
-
-		if ((count($data) == 0) && ($columns == 0)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		return $data;
-	}
-
-	public function escape($str) {
-		if ($this->db && $this->connected) {
-			switch ($this->driver) {
-				case 'pdo':
-					return substr(@$this->db->quote($str, PDO::PARAM_STR), 1, -1);
-				case 'mysqli':
-					return @$this->db->real_escape_string($str);
-				case 'mysql':
-					return @mysql_real_escape_string($str,$this->db);
-			}
+	public static function escape($str) {
+		switch (self::$driver) {
+			case 'pdo':
+				return substr(@self::$db->quote($str, PDO::PARAM_STR), 1, -1);
+			case 'mysqli':
+				return @self::$db->real_escape_string($str);
+			case 'mysql':
+				return @mysql_real_escape_string($str,self::$db);
 		}
 	}
 
-	function connected() {
-		switch ($this->driver) {
+	public static function connected() {
+		switch (self::$driver) {
 			case 'pdo':
 				// Not sure if this really is working like expected
-				$connected = ($this->db->getAttribute(PDO::ATTR_CONNECTION_STATUS) != "");
+				$connected = (self::$db->getAttribute(PDO::ATTR_CONNECTION_STATUS) != "");
 				break;
 			case 'mysqli':
-				$connected = $this->db->ping();
+				$connected = self::$db->ping();
 				break;
 			case 'mysql':
-				$connected = mysql_ping($this->db);
+				$connected = mysql_ping(self::$db);
 				break;
 		}
 		return $connected;
 	}
 
-	function __destruct() {
-		if ($this->db) {
-			switch ($this->driver) {
-				case 'pdo':
-					$this->db = null;
-					break;
-				case 'mysqli':
-					$this->db->close();
-					break;
-				case 'mysql':
-					mysql_close($this->db);
-					break;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @brief Replaces ANY_VALUE() function by MIN() function,
 	 *  if the database server does not support ANY_VALUE().
@@ -309,8 +248,8 @@ class dba {
 	 * @param string $sql An SQL string without the values
 	 * @return string The input SQL string modified if necessary.
 	 */
-	public function any_value_fallback($sql) {
-		$server_info = $this->server_info();
+	public static function any_value_fallback($sql) {
+		$server_info = self::server_info();
 		if (version_compare($server_info, '5.7.5', '<') ||
 			(stripos($server_info, 'MariaDB') !== false)) {
 			$sql = str_ireplace('ANY_VALUE(', 'MIN(', $sql);
@@ -327,7 +266,7 @@ class dba {
 	 * @param string $sql An SQL string without the values
 	 * @return string The input SQL string modified if necessary.
 	 */
-	public function clean_query($sql) {
+	public static function clean_query($sql) {
 		$search = array("\t", "\n", "\r", "  ");
 		$replace = array(' ', ' ', ' ', ' ');
 		do {
@@ -352,7 +291,7 @@ class dba {
 			if (is_int($args[$param]) || is_float($args[$param])) {
 				$replace = intval($args[$param]);
 			} else {
-				$replace = "'".self::$dbo->escape($args[$param])."'";
+				$replace = "'".self::escape($args[$param])."'";
 			}
 
 			$pos = strpos($sql, '?', $offset);
@@ -391,8 +330,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return object statement object
 	 */
 	public static function p($sql) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		$a = get_app();
 
 		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
@@ -410,7 +347,7 @@ class dba {
 			$args[++$i] = $param;
 		}
 
-		if (!self::$dbo || !self::$dbo->connected) {
+		if (!self::$connected) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -419,8 +356,8 @@ class dba {
 			logger('Parameter mismatch. Query "'.$sql.'" - Parameters '.print_r($args, true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
 		}
 
-		$sql = self::$dbo->clean_query($sql);
-		$sql = self::$dbo->any_value_fallback($sql);
+		$sql = self::clean_query($sql);
+		$sql = self::any_value_fallback($sql);
 
 		$orig_sql = $sql;
 
@@ -428,9 +365,9 @@ class dba {
 			$sql = "/*".System::callstack()." */ ".$sql;
 		}
 
-		self::$dbo->error = '';
-		self::$dbo->errorno = 0;
-		self::$dbo->affected_rows = 0;
+		self::$error = '';
+		self::$errorno = 0;
+		self::$affected_rows = 0;
 
 		// We have to make some things different if this function is called from "e"
 		$trace = debug_backtrace(DEBUG_BACKTRACE_IGNORE_ARGS, 2);
@@ -444,25 +381,25 @@ class dba {
 		// We are having an own error logging in the function "e"
 		$called_from_e = ($called_from['function'] == 'e');
 
-		switch (self::$dbo->driver) {
+		switch (self::$driver) {
 			case 'pdo':
 				// If there are no arguments we use "query"
 				if (count($args) == 0) {
-					if (!$retval = self::$dbo->db->query($sql)) {
-						$errorInfo = self::$dbo->db->errorInfo();
-						self::$dbo->error = $errorInfo[2];
-						self::$dbo->errorno = $errorInfo[1];
+					if (!$retval = self::$db->query($sql)) {
+						$errorInfo = self::$db->errorInfo();
+						self::$error = $errorInfo[2];
+						self::$errorno = $errorInfo[1];
 						$retval = false;
 						break;
 					}
-					self::$dbo->affected_rows = $retval->rowCount();
+					self::$affected_rows = $retval->rowCount();
 					break;
 				}
 
-				if (!$stmt = self::$dbo->db->prepare($sql)) {
-					$errorInfo = self::$dbo->db->errorInfo();
-					self::$dbo->error = $errorInfo[2];
-					self::$dbo->errorno = $errorInfo[1];
+				if (!$stmt = self::$db->prepare($sql)) {
+					$errorInfo = self::$db->errorInfo();
+					self::$error = $errorInfo[2];
+					self::$errorno = $errorInfo[1];
 					$retval = false;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -473,12 +410,12 @@ class dba {
 
 				if (!$stmt->execute()) {
 					$errorInfo = $stmt->errorInfo();
-					self::$dbo->error = $errorInfo[2];
-					self::$dbo->errorno = $errorInfo[1];
+					self::$error = $errorInfo[2];
+					self::$errorno = $errorInfo[1];
 					$retval = false;
 				} else {
 					$retval = $stmt;
-					self::$dbo->affected_rows = $retval->rowCount();
+					self::$affected_rows = $retval->rowCount();
 				}
 				break;
 			case 'mysqli':
@@ -489,26 +426,26 @@ class dba {
 
 				// The fallback routine is called as well when there are no arguments
 				if (!$can_be_prepared || (count($args) == 0)) {
-					$retval = self::$dbo->db->query(self::replace_parameters($sql, $args));
-					if (self::$dbo->db->errno) {
-						self::$dbo->error = self::$dbo->db->error;
-						self::$dbo->errorno = self::$dbo->db->errno;
+					$retval = self::$db->query(self::replace_parameters($sql, $args));
+					if (self::$db->errno) {
+						self::$error = self::$db->error;
+						self::$errorno = self::$db->errno;
 						$retval = false;
 					} else {
 						if (isset($retval->num_rows)) {
-							self::$dbo->affected_rows = $retval->num_rows;
+							self::$affected_rows = $retval->num_rows;
 						} else {
-							self::$dbo->affected_rows = self::$dbo->db->affected_rows;
+							self::$affected_rows = self::$db->affected_rows;
 						}
 					}
 					break;
 				}
 
-				$stmt = self::$dbo->db->stmt_init();
+				$stmt = self::$db->stmt_init();
 
 				if (!$stmt->prepare($sql)) {
-					self::$dbo->error = $stmt->error;
-					self::$dbo->errorno = $stmt->errno;
+					self::$error = $stmt->error;
+					self::$errorno = $stmt->errno;
 					$retval = false;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -534,44 +471,44 @@ class dba {
 				}
 
 				if (!$stmt->execute()) {
-					self::$dbo->error = self::$dbo->db->error;
-					self::$dbo->errorno = self::$dbo->db->errno;
+					self::$error = self::$db->error;
+					self::$errorno = self::$db->errno;
 					$retval = false;
 				} else {
 					$stmt->store_result();
 					$retval = $stmt;
-					self::$dbo->affected_rows = $retval->affected_rows;
+					self::$affected_rows = $retval->affected_rows;
 				}
 				break;
 			case 'mysql':
 				// For the old "mysql" functions we cannot use prepared statements
-				$retval = mysql_query(self::replace_parameters($sql, $args), self::$dbo->db);
-				if (mysql_errno(self::$dbo->db)) {
-					self::$dbo->error = mysql_error(self::$dbo->db);
-					self::$dbo->errorno = mysql_errno(self::$dbo->db);
+				$retval = mysql_query(self::replace_parameters($sql, $args), self::$db);
+				if (mysql_errno(self::$db)) {
+					self::$error = mysql_error(self::$db);
+					self::$errorno = mysql_errno(self::$db);
 				} else {
-					self::$dbo->affected_rows = mysql_affected_rows($retval);
+					self::$affected_rows = mysql_affected_rows($retval);
 
 					// Due to missing mysql_* support this here wasn't tested at all
 					// See here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-num-rows.php
-					if (self::$dbo->affected_rows <= 0) {
-						self::$dbo->affected_rows = mysql_num_rows($retval);
+					if (self::$affected_rows <= 0) {
+						self::$affected_rows = mysql_num_rows($retval);
 					}
 				}
 				break;
 		}
 
 		// We are having an own error logging in the function "e"
-		if ((self::$dbo->errorno != 0) && !$called_from_e) {
+		if ((self::$errorno != 0) && !$called_from_e) {
 			// We have to preserve the error code, somewhere in the logging it get lost
-			$error = self::$dbo->error;
-			$errorno = self::$dbo->errorno;
+			$error = self::$error;
+			$errorno = self::$errorno;
 
-			logger('DB Error '.self::$dbo->errorno.': '.self::$dbo->error."\n".
+			logger('DB Error '.self::$errorno.': '.self::$error."\n".
 				System::callstack(8)."\n".self::replace_parameters($sql, $params));
 
-			self::$dbo->error = $error;
-			self::$dbo->errorno = $errorno;
+			self::$error = $error;
+			self::$errorno = $errorno;
 		}
 
 		$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, 'database');
@@ -603,8 +540,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean Was the query successfull? False is returned only if an error occurred
 	 */
 	public static function e($sql) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		$a = get_app();
 
 		$stamp = microtime(true);
@@ -627,18 +562,18 @@ class dba {
 
 			self::close($stmt);
 
-		} while ((self::$dbo->errorno == 1213) && (--$timeout > 0));
+		} while ((self::$errorno == 1213) && (--$timeout > 0));
 
-		if (self::$dbo->errorno != 0) {
+		if (self::$errorno != 0) {
 			// We have to preserve the error code, somewhere in the logging it get lost
-			$error = self::$dbo->error;
-			$errorno = self::$dbo->errorno;
+			$error = self::$error;
+			$errorno = self::$errorno;
 
-			logger('DB Error '.self::$dbo->errorno.': '.self::$dbo->error."\n".
+			logger('DB Error '.self::$errorno.': '.self::$error."\n".
 				System::callstack(8)."\n".self::replace_parameters($sql, $params));
 
-			self::$dbo->error = $error;
-			self::$dbo->errorno = $errorno;
+			self::$error = $error;
+			self::$errorno = $errorno;
 		}
 
 		$a->save_timestamp($stamp, "database_write");
@@ -655,8 +590,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean Are there rows for that condition?
 	 */
 	public static function exists($table, $condition) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		if (empty($table)) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -691,8 +624,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return array first row of query
 	 */
 	public static function fetch_first($sql) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		$params = self::getParam(func_get_args());
 
 		$stmt = self::p($sql, $params);
@@ -714,9 +645,7 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return int Number of rows
 	 */
 	public static function affected_rows() {
-		self::initialize();
-
-		return self::$dbo->affected_rows;
+		return self::$affected_rows;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -726,12 +655,10 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return int Number of columns
 	 */
 	public static function columnCount($stmt) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		if (!is_object($stmt)) {
 			return 0;
 		}
-		switch (self::$dbo->driver) {
+		switch (self::$driver) {
 			case 'pdo':
 				return $stmt->columnCount();
 			case 'mysqli':
@@ -748,12 +675,10 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return int Number of rows
 	 */
 	public static function num_rows($stmt) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		if (!is_object($stmt)) {
 			return 0;
 		}
-		switch (self::$dbo->driver) {
+		switch (self::$driver) {
 			case 'pdo':
 				return $stmt->rowCount();
 			case 'mysqli':
@@ -771,13 +696,11 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return array current row
 	 */
 	public static function fetch($stmt) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		if (!is_object($stmt)) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		switch (self::$dbo->driver) {
+		switch (self::$driver) {
 			case 'pdo':
 				return $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
 			case 'mysqli':
@@ -813,7 +736,7 @@ class dba {
 				}
 				return $columns;
 			case 'mysql':
-				return mysql_fetch_array(self::$dbo->result, MYSQL_ASSOC);
+				return mysql_fetch_array($stmt, MYSQL_ASSOC);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -827,9 +750,7 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean was the insert successfull?
 	 */
 	public static function insert($table, $param, $on_duplicate_update = false) {
-		self::initialize();
-
-		$sql = "INSERT INTO `".self::$dbo->escape($table)."` (`".implode("`, `", array_keys($param))."`) VALUES (".
+		$sql = "INSERT INTO `".self::escape($table)."` (`".implode("`, `", array_keys($param))."`) VALUES (".
 			substr(str_repeat("?, ", count($param)), 0, -2).")";
 
 		if ($on_duplicate_update) {
@@ -848,17 +769,15 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return integer Last inserted id
 	 */
 	public static function lastInsertId() {
-		self::initialize();
-
-		switch (self::$dbo->driver) {
+		switch (self::$driver) {
 			case 'pdo':
-				$id = self::$dbo->db->lastInsertId();
+				$id = self::$db->lastInsertId();
 				break;
 			case 'mysqli':
-				$id = self::$dbo->db->insert_id;
+				$id = self::$db->insert_id;
 				break;
 			case 'mysql':
-				$id = mysql_insert_id(self::$dbo);
+				$id = mysql_insert_id(self::$db);
 				break;
 		}
 		return $id;
@@ -874,11 +793,9 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean was the lock successful?
 	 */
 	public static function lock($table) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		// See here: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/lock-tables-and-transactions.html
 		self::e("SET autocommit=0");
-		$success = self::e("LOCK TABLES `".self::$dbo->escape($table)."` WRITE");
+		$success = self::e("LOCK TABLES `".self::escape($table)."` WRITE");
 		if (!$success) {
 			self::e("SET autocommit=1");
 		} else {
@@ -893,8 +810,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean was the unlock successful?
 	 */
 	public static function unlock() {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		// See here: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/lock-tables-and-transactions.html
 		self::e("COMMIT");
 		$success = self::e("UNLOCK TABLES");
@@ -909,8 +824,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean Was the command executed successfully?
 	 */
 	public static function transaction() {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		if (!self::e('COMMIT')) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -927,8 +840,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean Was the command executed successfully?
 	 */
 	public static function commit() {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		if (!self::e('COMMIT')) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -942,8 +853,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean Was the command executed successfully?
 	 */
 	public static function rollback() {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		if (!self::e('ROLLBACK')) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -983,8 +892,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean|array was the delete successfull? When $in_process is set: deletion data
 	 */
 	public static function delete($table, $param, $in_process = false, &$callstack = array()) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		$commands = array();
 
 		// Create a key for the loop prevention
@@ -997,7 +904,7 @@ class dba {
 
 		$callstack[$key] = true;
 
-		$table = self::$dbo->escape($table);
+		$table = self::escape($table);
 
 		$commands[$key] = array('table' => $table, 'param' => $param);
 
@@ -1147,9 +1054,7 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean was the update successfull?
 	 */
 	public static function update($table, $fields, $condition, $old_fields = array()) {
-		self::initialize();
-
-		$table = self::$dbo->escape($table);
+		$table = self::escape($table);
 
 		if (count($condition) > 0) {
 			$array_element = each($condition);
@@ -1226,8 +1131,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * $data = dba::select($table, $fields, $condition, $params);
 	 */
 	public static function select($table, $fields = array(), $condition = array(), $params = array()) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		if ($table == '') {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -1295,8 +1198,6 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return array Data array
 	 */
 	public static function inArray($stmt, $do_close = true) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		if (is_bool($stmt)) {
 			return $stmt;
 		}
@@ -1317,9 +1218,7 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return string Error number (0 if no error)
 	 */
 	public static function errorNo() {
-		self::initialize();
-
-		return self::$dbo->errorno;
+		return self::$errorno;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1328,9 +1227,7 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return string Error message ('' if no error)
 	 */
 	public static function errorMessage() {
-		self::initialize();
-
-		return self::$dbo->error;
+		return self::$error;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1340,13 +1237,11 @@ class dba {
 	 * @return boolean was the close successfull?
 	 */
 	public static function close($stmt) {
-		self::initialize();
-
 		if (!is_object($stmt)) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		switch (self::$dbo->driver) {
+		switch (self::$driver) {
 			case 'pdo':
 				return $stmt->closeCursor();
 			case 'mysqli':
@@ -1359,10 +1254,8 @@ class dba {
 }
 
 function dbesc($str) {
-	global $db;
-
-	if ($db && $db->connected) {
-		return($db->escape($str));
+	if (dba::$connected) {
+		return(dba::escape($str));
 	} else {
 		return(str_replace("'","\\'",$str));
 	}
@@ -1379,17 +1272,15 @@ function dbesc($str) {
  * @return array Query array
  */
 function q($sql) {
-	global $db;
-
 	$args = func_get_args();
 	unset($args[0]);
 
-	if (!$db || !$db->connected) {
+	if (!dba::$connected) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	$sql = $db->clean_query($sql);
-	$sql = $db->any_value_fallback($sql);
+	$sql = dba::clean_query($sql);
+	$sql = dba::any_value_fallback($sql);
 
 	$stmt = @vsprintf($sql, $args);
 
diff --git a/include/dbstructure.php b/include/dbstructure.php
index 4d615a2f14..8ab96b700c 100644
--- a/include/dbstructure.php
+++ b/include/dbstructure.php
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ const DB_UPDATE_FAILED = 2;      // Database check failed
  * Converts all tables from MyISAM to InnoDB
  */
 function convert_to_innodb() {
-	global $db;
-
 	$r = q("SELECT `TABLE_NAME` FROM `information_schema`.`tables` WHERE `engine` = 'MyISAM' AND `table_schema` = '%s'",
-		dbesc($db->database_name()));
+		dbesc(dba::database_name()));
 
 	if (!dbm::is_result($r)) {
 		echo t('There are no tables on MyISAM.')."\n";
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ function convert_to_innodb() {
 
 		$result = dba::e($sql);
 		if (!dbm::is_result($result)) {
-			print_update_error($db, $sql);
+			print_update_error($sql);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -188,20 +186,19 @@ function print_structure($database) {
 /**
  * @brief Print out database error messages
  *
- * @param object $db Database object
  * @param string $message Message to be added to the error message
  *
  * @return string Error message
  */
-function print_update_error($db, $message) {
+function print_update_error($message) {
 	echo sprintf(t("\nError %d occurred during database update:\n%s\n"),
-		$db->errorno, $db->error);
+		dba::errorNo(), dba::errorMessage());
 
 	return t('Errors encountered performing database changes: ').$message.EOL;
 }
 
 function update_structure($verbose, $action, $tables=null, $definition=null) {
-	global $a, $db;
+	global $a;
 
 	if ($action) {
 		Config::set('system', 'maintenance', 1);
@@ -234,8 +231,8 @@ function update_structure($verbose, $action, $tables=null, $definition=null) {
 	}
 
 	// MySQL >= 5.7.4 doesn't support the IGNORE keyword in ALTER TABLE statements
-	if ((version_compare($db->server_info(), '5.7.4') >= 0) &&
-		!(strpos($db->server_info(), 'MariaDB') !== false)) {
+	if ((version_compare(dba::server_info(), '5.7.4') >= 0) &&
+		!(strpos(dba::server_info(), 'MariaDB') !== false)) {
 		$ignore = '';
 	} else {
 		$ignore = ' IGNORE';
@@ -249,7 +246,7 @@ function update_structure($verbose, $action, $tables=null, $definition=null) {
 		if (!isset($database[$name])) {
 			$r = db_create_table($name, $structure["fields"], $verbose, $action, $structure['indexes']);
 			if (!dbm::is_result($r)) {
-				$errors .= print_update_error($db, $name);
+				$errors .= print_update_error($name);
 			}
 			$is_new_table = True;
 		} else {
@@ -446,7 +443,7 @@ function update_structure($verbose, $action, $tables=null, $definition=null) {
 					} else {
 						$r = dba::e("CREATE TABLE `".$temp_name."` LIKE `".$name."`;");
 						if (!dbm::is_result($r)) {
-							$errors .= print_update_error($db, $sql3);
+							$errors .= print_update_error($sql3);
 							return $errors;
 						}
 					}
@@ -454,7 +451,7 @@ function update_structure($verbose, $action, $tables=null, $definition=null) {
 
 				$r = @dba::e($sql3);
 				if (!dbm::is_result($r)) {
-					$errors .= print_update_error($db, $sql3);
+					$errors .= print_update_error($sql3);
 				}
 				if ($is_unique) {
 					if ($ignore != "") {
@@ -462,17 +459,17 @@ function update_structure($verbose, $action, $tables=null, $definition=null) {
 					} else {
 						$r = dba::e("INSERT INTO `".$temp_name."` SELECT ".$field_list." FROM `".$name."`".$group_by.";");
 						if (!dbm::is_result($r)) {
-							$errors .= print_update_error($db, $sql3);
+							$errors .= print_update_error($sql3);
 							return $errors;
 						}
 						$r = dba::e("DROP TABLE `".$name."`;");
 						if (!dbm::is_result($r)) {
-							$errors .= print_update_error($db, $sql3);
+							$errors .= print_update_error($sql3);
 							return $errors;
 						}
 						$r = dba::e("RENAME TABLE `".$temp_name."` TO `".$name."`;");
 						if (!dbm::is_result($r)) {
-							$errors .= print_update_error($db, $sql3);
+							$errors .= print_update_error($sql3);
 							return $errors;
 						}
 					}
@@ -522,7 +519,7 @@ function db_field_command($parameters, $create = true) {
 }
 
 function db_create_table($name, $fields, $verbose, $action, $indexes=null) {
-	global $a, $db;
+	global $a;
 
 	$r = true;
 
@@ -1761,18 +1758,16 @@ function db_definition() {
  * run from command line
  */
 function dbstructure_run(&$argv, &$argc) {
-	global $a, $db;
+	global $a;
 
 	if (is_null($a)) {
 		$a = new App(dirname(__DIR__));
 	}
 
-	if (is_null($db)) {
-		@include ".htconfig.php";
-		require_once "include/dba.php";
-		$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-		unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-	}
+	@include ".htconfig.php";
+	require_once "include/dba.php";
+	dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+	unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
 	if ($argc == 2) {
 		switch ($argv[1]) {
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index d315042114..9868120ec8 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ if (!file_exists("boot.php") && (sizeof($_SERVER["argv"]) != 0)) {
 require_once("boot.php");
 
 function poller_run($argv, $argc){
-	global $a, $db, $poller_up_start, $poller_db_duration;
+	global $a, $poller_up_start, $poller_db_duration;
 
 	$poller_up_start = microtime(true);
 
 	$a = new App(dirname(__DIR__));
 
-	@include(".htconfig.php");
-	require_once("include/dba.php");
-	$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+	require_once ".htconfig.php";
+	require_once "include/dba.php";
+	dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 	unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
 	Config::load();
diff --git a/include/shadowupdate.php b/include/shadowupdate.php
index 756f220ec8..a2b44b3512 100644
--- a/include/shadowupdate.php
+++ b/include/shadowupdate.php
@@ -7,18 +7,16 @@ require_once("boot.php");
 require_once("include/threads.php");
 
 function shadowupdate_run(&$argv, &$argc){
-	global $a, $db;
+	global $a;
 
 	if (is_null($a)) {
 		$a = new App(dirname(__DIR__));
 	}
 
-	if (is_null($db)) {
-		@include(".htconfig.php");
-		require_once("include/dba.php");
-		$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-		unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-	}
+	@include(".htconfig.php");
+	require_once("include/dba.php");
+	dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+	unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
 	Config::load();
 
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 66d4f17ea6..dc34edcd22 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -702,20 +702,18 @@ $LOGGER_LEVELS = array();
  * LOGGER_ALL
  *
  * @global App $a
- * @global dba $db
  * @global array $LOGGER_LEVELS
  * @param string $msg
  * @param int $level
  */
 function logger($msg, $level = 0) {
 	$a = get_app();
-	global $db;
 	global $LOGGER_LEVELS;
 
 	// turn off logger in install mode
 	if (
 		$a->module == 'install'
-		|| ! ($db && $db->connected)
+		|| !dba::$connected
 	) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -776,7 +774,6 @@ function logger($msg, $level = 0) {
  * LOGGER_ALL
  *
  * @global App $a
- * @global dba $db
  * @global array $LOGGER_LEVELS
  * @param string $msg
  * @param int $level
@@ -784,12 +781,11 @@ function logger($msg, $level = 0) {
 
 function dlogger($msg, $level = 0) {
 	$a = get_app();
-	global $db;
 
 	// turn off logger in install mode
 	if (
 		$a->module == 'install'
-		|| ! ($db && $db->connected)
+		|| !dba::$connected
 	) {
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/include/uimport.php b/include/uimport.php
index 57c5375ef1..359fc90673 100644
--- a/include/uimport.php
+++ b/include/uimport.php
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ function last_insert_id() {
 	return dba::lastInsertId();
 }
 
-function last_error() {
-	global $db;
-	return $db->error;
-}
-
 /**
  * Remove columns from array $arr that aren't in table $table
  *
@@ -103,7 +98,7 @@ function import_account(App $a, $file) {
 	// check for username
 	$r = q("SELECT uid FROM user WHERE nickname='%s'", $account['user']['nickname']);
 	if ($r === false) {
-		logger("uimport:check nickname : ERROR : " . last_error(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
+		logger("uimport:check nickname : ERROR : " . dba::errorMessage(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
 		notice(t('Error! Cannot check nickname'));
 		return;
 	}
@@ -114,7 +109,7 @@ function import_account(App $a, $file) {
 	// check if username matches deleted account
 	$r = q("SELECT id FROM userd WHERE username='%s'", $account['user']['nickname']);
 	if ($r === false) {
-		logger("uimport:check nickname : ERROR : " . last_error(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
+		logger("uimport:check nickname : ERROR : " . dba::errorMessage(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
 		notice(t('Error! Cannot check nickname'));
 		return;
 	}
@@ -144,7 +139,7 @@ function import_account(App $a, $file) {
 	$r = db_import_assoc('user', $account['user']);
 	if ($r === false) {
 		//echo "<pre>"; var_dump($r, $query, mysql_error()); killme();
-		logger("uimport:insert user : ERROR : " . last_error(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
+		logger("uimport:insert user : ERROR : " . dba::errorMessage(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
 		notice(t("User creation error"));
 		return;
 	}
@@ -165,7 +160,7 @@ function import_account(App $a, $file) {
 		$profile['uid'] = $newuid;
 		$r = db_import_assoc('profile', $profile);
 		if ($r === false) {
-			logger("uimport:insert profile " . $profile['profile-name'] . " : ERROR : " . last_error(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
+			logger("uimport:insert profile " . $profile['profile-name'] . " : ERROR : " . dba::errorMessage(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
 			info(t("User profile creation error"));
 			dba::delete('user', array('uid' => $newuid));
 			return;
@@ -208,7 +203,7 @@ function import_account(App $a, $file) {
 		$contact['uid'] = $newuid;
 		$r = db_import_assoc('contact', $contact);
 		if ($r === false) {
-			logger("uimport:insert contact " . $contact['nick'] . "," . $contact['network'] . " : ERROR : " . last_error(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
+			logger("uimport:insert contact " . $contact['nick'] . "," . $contact['network'] . " : ERROR : " . dba::errorMessage(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
 			$errorcount++;
 		} else {
 			$contact['newid'] = last_insert_id();
@@ -222,7 +217,7 @@ function import_account(App $a, $file) {
 		$group['uid'] = $newuid;
 		$r = db_import_assoc('group', $group);
 		if ($r === false) {
-			logger("uimport:insert group " . $group['name'] . " : ERROR : " . last_error(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
+			logger("uimport:insert group " . $group['name'] . " : ERROR : " . dba::errorMessage(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
 		} else {
 			$group['newid'] = last_insert_id();
 		}
@@ -249,7 +244,7 @@ function import_account(App $a, $file) {
 		if ($import == 2) {
 			$r = db_import_assoc('group_member', $group_member);
 			if ($r === false) {
-				logger("uimport:insert group member " . $group_member['id'] . " : ERROR : " . last_error(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
+				logger("uimport:insert group member " . $group_member['id'] . " : ERROR : " . dba::errorMessage(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -266,7 +261,7 @@ function import_account(App $a, $file) {
 		);
 
 		if ($r === false) {
-			logger("uimport:insert photo " . $photo['resource-id'] . "," . $photo['scale'] . " : ERROR : " . last_error(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
+			logger("uimport:insert photo " . $photo['resource-id'] . "," . $photo['scale'] . " : ERROR : " . dba::errorMessage(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -274,7 +269,7 @@ function import_account(App $a, $file) {
 		$pconfig['uid'] = $newuid;
 		$r = db_import_assoc('pconfig', $pconfig);
 		if ($r === false) {
-			logger("uimport:insert pconfig " . $pconfig['id'] . " : ERROR : " . last_error(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
+			logger("uimport:insert pconfig " . $pconfig['id'] . " : ERROR : " . dba::errorMessage(), LOGGER_NORMAL);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 49a3b216da..90045868e7 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if (!$install) {
 require_once "include/dba.php";
 
 if (!$install) {
-	$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, $install);
+	dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, $install);
 	unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
 	/**
diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index 78f12a4820..7c7ee51d53 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -606,10 +606,9 @@ function admin_page_queue(App $a) {
  * @return string
  */
 function admin_page_summary(App $a) {
-	global $db;
 	// are there MyISAM tables in the DB? If so, trigger a warning message
 	$r = q("SELECT `engine` FROM `information_schema`.`tables` WHERE `engine` = 'myisam' AND `table_schema` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($db->database_name()));
+		dbesc(dba::database_name()));
 	$showwarning = false;
 	$warningtext = array();
 	if (dbm::is_result($r)) {
@@ -726,7 +725,7 @@ function admin_page_site_post(App $a) {
 		$old_host = str_replace("http://", "@", normalise_link($old_url));
 
 		function update_table($table_name, $fields, $old_url, $new_url) {
-			global $db, $a;
+			global $a;
 
 			$dbold = dbesc($old_url);
 			$dbnew = dbesc($new_url);
@@ -743,7 +742,7 @@ function admin_page_site_post(App $a) {
 			$q = sprintf("UPDATE %s SET %s;", $table_name, $upds);
 			$r = q($q);
 			if (!$r) {
-				notice("Failed updating '$table_name': ".$db->error);
+				notice("Failed updating '$table_name': ".dba::errorMessage());
 				goaway('admin/site');
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/mod/directory.php b/mod/directory.php
index 9e004ab5d8..c83b7b4116 100644
--- a/mod/directory.php
+++ b/mod/directory.php
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ function directory_post(App $a) {
 }
 
 function directory_content(App $a) {
-	global $db;
-
 	require_once("mod/proxy.php");
 
 	if((get_config('system','block_public')) && (! local_user()) && (! remote_user()) ||
diff --git a/mod/install.php b/mod/install.php
index ae462914c8..ed75e624b5 100755
--- a/mod/install.php
+++ b/mod/install.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function install_init(App $a) {
 }
 
 function install_post(App $a) {
-	global $install_wizard_pass, $db;
+	global $install_wizard_pass;
 
 	switch($install_wizard_pass) {
 		case 1:
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ function install_post(App $a) {
 			$phpath = notags(trim($_POST['phpath']));
 
 			require_once("include/dba.php");
-			unset($db);
-			$db = new dba($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbdata, true);
-			if (!$db->connected) {
+			if (!dba::connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbdata, true)) {
 				$a->data['db_conn_failed'] = true;
 			}
 
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ function install_post(App $a) {
 			$rino = 2;
 
 			// connect to db
-			$db = new dba($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbdata, true);
+			dba::connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbdata, true);
 
 			$tpl = get_markup_template('htconfig.tpl');
 			$txt = replace_macros($tpl,array(
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ function install_post(App $a) {
 				$a->data['txt'] = $txt;
 			}
 
-			$errors = load_database($db);
+			$errors = load_database();
 
 
 			if ($errors) {
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ function install_post(App $a) {
 
 function install_content(App $a) {
 
-	global $install_wizard_pass, $db;
+	global $install_wizard_pass;
 	$o = '';
 	$wizard_status = "";
 	$install_title = t('Friendica Communications Server - Setup');
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ function install_content(App $a) {
 		$db_return_text .= $txt;
 	}
 
-	if ($db && $db->connected) {
+	if (dba::$connected) {
 		$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) as `total` FROM `user`");
 		if (dbm::is_result($r) && $r[0]['total']) {
 			$tpl = get_markup_template('install.tpl');
@@ -534,7 +532,7 @@ function load_database_rem($v, $i) {
 	}
 }
 
-function load_database($db) {
+function load_database() {
 
 	require_once("include/dbstructure.php");
 	$errors = update_structure(false, true);
diff --git a/util/db_update.php b/util/db_update.php
index 5b31080506..885a156caa 100644
--- a/util/db_update.php
+++ b/util/db_update.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $lang = get_browser_language();
 load_translation_table($lang);
 
 require_once("include/dba.php");
-$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, false);
+dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, false);
 unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
 $build = get_config('system', 'build');
diff --git a/util/maintenance.php b/util/maintenance.php
index 9c9fc4f19d..50540ecc28 100644
--- a/util/maintenance.php
+++ b/util/maintenance.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $lang = get_browser_language();
 load_translation_table($lang);
 
 require_once("include/dba.php");
-$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, false);
+dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, false);
 unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
 Config::load();