function dbConnect() { //opens db connection
	
	global $conn;
	$conn = @mysql_connect($GLOBALS['DB']['dbhost'],$GLOBALS['DB']['dbuser'],$GLOBALS['DB']['dbpass']) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR);
	@mysql_select_db($GLOBALS['DB']['database'],$conn) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR); //try to connect to db
}

function dbClose() { //closes db connection
	
	@mysql_close($GLOBALS['conn']); //Close connection
}

function dbSelect($strQuery, &$bTrigger, &$aArray) {
	
	global $strQry;
	$strQry = $strQuery;
	if ($strQry) { //if query string exists then continue
		
		dbConnect();
		$SearchQuery = @mysql_query($strQry,$GLOBALS['conn']) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR);
		if (@mysql_num_rows($SearchQuery) == 0) {
			
		   	$bTrigger = False;
		}
		else {
			
			$bTrigger = True;
			while($row = @mysql_fetch_array($SearchQuery)) {
				
				$aArray[] = $row;
			}
		}
		dbClose();
	}
	else $bTrigger = false;
}

function dbGeneral($strQuery, $srcTable, &$lastID) {
	
	global $strQry;
	$strQry = $strQuery;
	if ($strQry) { //if query string exists then continue
		
		dbConnect();
		$UpdateQuery = mysql_query($strQry,$GLOBALS['conn']) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR);
		if ($srcTable) $lastID = mysql_insert_id();
		dbClose();
	}
}