// UTF-8 Supporting dbconnect edited by ozzWANTED @ PhpFusion-Lt.com

function dbconnect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name, $charset="utf8") {

global $db_connect; $db_connect = @mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass);

$db_select = @mysql_select_db($db_name);

if (!$db_connect) {

die("<strong>Unable to establish connection to <span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black;">MySQL</span></strong><br />".mysql_errno()." : ".mysql_error());

} elseif (!$db_select) {

die("<strong>Unable to select <span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black;">MySQL</span> database</strong><br />".mysql_errno()." : ".mysql_error());

}

// SET CHARSET

if (!function_exists('mysql_set_charset')) {

mysql_query("SET NAMES $charset");

} else {

mysql_set_charset($charset);

}

}