diff --git a/backend/php/src/objects/class.pog_base.php b/backend/php/src/objects/class.pog_base.php
index 6a8f570..2eb6a9b 100644
--- a/backend/php/src/objects/class.pog_base.php
+++ b/backend/php/src/objects/class.pog_base.php
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ class POG_Base
 		return $objectList;
 	}
 
-	private function CreateObjects($mysql_result, $objectClass, $lazyLoad = true)
+	private function CreateObjects($mysqli_result, $objectClass, $lazyLoad = true)
 	{
 		$objectList = array();
-		while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($mysql_result))
+		while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($mysqli_result))
 		{
 			$pog_object = new $objectClass();
 			$this->PopulateObjectAttributes($row, $pog_object);
@@ -140,4 +140,4 @@ class POG_Base
 		return false;
 	}
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/backend/php/src/setup/index.php b/backend/php/src/setup/index.php
index 93dea6f..712c1ac 100644
--- a/backend/php/src/setup/index.php
+++ b/backend/php/src/setup/index.php
@@ -164,24 +164,26 @@ if(count($_POST) > 0 && $_SESSION['diagnosticsSuccessful']==false)
 		if ($errors == 0)
 		{
 			AddTrace('File Structure....OK!');
-			if (!mysql_connect ($GLOBALS['configuration']['host'].":".$GLOBALS['configuration']['port'], $GLOBALS['configuration']['user'], $GLOBALS['configuration']['pass']))
+			#if (!mysql_connect ($GLOBALS['configuration']['host'].":".$GLOBALS['configuration']['port'], $GLOBALS['configuration']['user'], $GLOBALS['configuration']['pass']))
+			if (!mysqli_connect ($GLOBALS['configuration']['host'], $GLOBALS['configuration']['user'], $GLOBALS['configuration']['pass'],$GLOBALS['configuration']['db'], $GLOBALS['configuration']['port']))
 			{
 				$errors++;
 				AddError('Cannot connect to the specified database server. Edit configuration.php');
+				AddError('Cannot find the specified database "'.$GLOBALS['configuration']['db'].'". Edit configuration.php');
 			}
 			if (isset($GLOBALS['configuration']['db_encoding']) && $GLOBALS['configuration']['db_encoding'] == 1 && !Base64::IsBase64FunctionInstalled())
 			{
 				$errors++;
 				AddError('$configuration[db_encoding] needs to be set to 0 until you install the base64 plugin. Set db_encoding to 0 by editing configuration.php, run setup again and go to the "Manage Plugins" tab. Install the base64 plugin. Then you can set db_encoding = 1');
 			}
-			if ($errors == 0)
-			{
-				if (!@mysql_select_db ($GLOBALS['configuration']['db']))
-				{
-					$errors++;
-					AddError('Cannot find the specified database "'.$GLOBALS['configuration']['db'].'". Edit configuration.php');
-				}
-			}
+#			if ($errors == 0)
+#			{
+#				if (!@mysql_select_db ($GLOBALS['configuration']['db']))
+#				{
+#					$errors++;
+#					AddError('Cannot find the specified database "'.$GLOBALS['configuration']['db'].'". Edit configuration.php');
+#				}
+#			}
 		}
 
 		/**
diff --git a/backend/php/src/setup/setup_library/setup_misc.php b/backend/php/src/setup/setup_library/setup_misc.php
index f0e4f0e..2fcbe07 100644
--- a/backend/php/src/setup/setup_library/setup_misc.php
+++ b/backend/php/src/setup/setup_library/setup_misc.php
@@ -276,10 +276,10 @@
 	{
 		$link = '';
 		$content = file_get_contents($objectFilePath);
-		$contentParts = split("<b>",$content);
+		$contentParts = explode("<b>",$content);
 		if (isset($contentParts[1]))
 		{
-			$contentParts2 = split("</b>",$contentParts[1]);
+			$contentParts2 = explode("</b>",$contentParts[1]);
 		}
 		if (isset($contentParts2[0]))
 		{
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@
 		}
 		if (isset($className))
 		{
-			$linkParts1 = split("\*\/", $contentParts[1]);
-			$linkParts2 = split("\@link", $linkParts1[0]);
+			$linkParts1 = explode("\*\/", $contentParts[1]);
+			$linkParts2 = explode("\@link", $linkParts1[0]);
 			if (isset($linkParts2[1]))
 			{
 				$link = $linkParts2[1];
@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@
 	function GetObjectName($objectFilePath)
 	{
 		$content = file_get_contents($objectFilePath);
-		$contentParts = split("<b>",$content);
+		$contentParts = explode("<b>",$content);
 		if (isset($contentParts[1]))
 		{
-			$contentParts2 = split("</b>",$contentParts[1]);
+			$contentParts2 = explode("</b>",$contentParts[1]);
 		}
 		if (isset($contentParts2[0]))
 		{
@@ -593,10 +593,10 @@
 
 		//extract sql
 		$content = file_get_contents($objectFilePath);
-		$contentParts = split("<b>",$content);
+		$contentParts = explode("<b>",$content);
 		if (isset($contentParts[1]))
 		{
-			$contentParts2 = split("</b>",$contentParts[1]);
+			$contentParts2 = explode("</b>",$contentParts[1]);
 		}
 		if (isset($contentParts2[0]))
 		{
@@ -604,8 +604,8 @@
 		}
 		if (isset($className))
 		{
-			$sqlParts = split(";",$contentParts[0]);
-			$sqlPart = split("CREATE",$sqlParts[0]);
+			$sqlParts = explode(";",$contentParts[0]);
+			$sqlPart = explode("CREATE",$sqlParts[0]);
 			$sql = "CREATE ".$sqlPart[1].";";
 
 			//execute sql
@@ -2354,4 +2354,4 @@
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>