diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/admin/common.php b/code/ryzom/tools/server/admin/common.php
index 644ebba32..caf90a812 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/server/admin/common.php
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/server/admin/common.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	//assert_options(ASSERT_QUIET_EVAL, 1);
 	//assert_options(ASSERT_CALLBACK, 'nt_common_assert');
 
-	require_once(NELTOOL_SYSTEMBASE .'functions_mysql.php');
+	require_once(NELTOOL_SYSTEMBASE .'functions_mysqli.php');
 	require_once(NELTOOL_SYSTEMBASE .'smarty/Smarty.class.php');
 	require_once(NELTOOL_SYSTEMBASE. 'functions_tool_administration.php');
 	require_once(NELTOOL_SYSTEMBASE. 'nel/admin_modules_itf.php');
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@
 		nt_common_add_debug('-- Common init. complete.');
 	}
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/admin/functions_mysqli.php b/code/ryzom/tools/server/admin/functions_mysqli.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4df4a486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/server/admin/functions_mysqli.php
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+<?php
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                 mysql.php
+ *                            -------------------
+ *   begin                : Saturday, Feb 13, 2001
+ *   copyright            : (C) 2001 The phpBB Group
+ *   email                : support@phpbb.com
+ *
+ *   $Id: functions_mysql.php,v 1.2 2006/07/06 15:17:22 powles Exp $
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ *
+ * NOTE: this is striped down version from phpBB mysql.php file
+ *       modified to work with mysqli
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+if(!defined("SQL_LAYER"))
+{
+
+define("SQL_LAYER","mysqli");
+
+class sql_db
+{
+
+	var $db_connect_id;
+	var $query_result;
+	var $num_queries = 0;
+
+	//
+	// Constructor
+	//
+	function sql_db($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database, $persistency = true)
+	{
+
+		$this->persistency = $persistency;
+		$this->user = $sqluser;
+		$this->password = $sqlpassword;
+		$this->server = $sqlserver;
+		$this->dbname = $database;
+
+		if($this->persistency)
+		{
+			$this->server = 'p:'.$this->server;
+		}
+
+		$this->db_connect_id = mysqli_connect($this->server, $this->user, $this->password);
+		if($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			if($database != "")
+			{
+				$this->dbname = $database;
+				$dbselect = mysqli_select_db($this->db_connect_id, $this->dbname);
+				if(!$dbselect)
+				{
+					mysqli_close($this->db_connect_id);
+					$this->db_connect_id = $dbselect;
+				}
+			}
+			return $this->db_connect_id;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			echo "Connection to mySQL failed!";
+			exit;
+		}
+	}
+
+	//
+	// Other base methods
+	//
+	function sql_close()
+	{
+		if($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			if($this->query_result)
+			{
+				@mysqli_free_result($this->query_result);
+			}
+			$result = mysqli_close($this->db_connect_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	//
+	// Base query method
+	//
+	function sql_query($query = "", $transaction = FALSE)
+	{
+		// Remove any pre-existing queries
+		unset($this->query_result);
+		if($query != "")
+		{
+			nt_common_add_debug($query);
+			$this->num_queries++;
+			$this->query_result = mysqli_query($this->db_connect_id, $query);
+			if (!($this->db_connect_id instanceof mysqli)) {
+				var_dump($this->db_connect_id);
+				var_dump($query, $this);
+			}
+		}
+		if($this->query_result)
+		{
+			return $this->query_result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return ( $transaction == 'END_TRANSACTION' ) ? true : false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	function sql_select_db($dbname)
+	{
+		if($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			$result = mysqli_select_db($this->db_connect_id, $dbname);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	function sql_reselect_db()
+	{
+		if($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			$result = mysqli_select_db($this->db_connect_id, $this->dbname);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	//
+	// Other query methods
+	//
+	function sql_numrows($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = mysqli_num_rows($query_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_affectedrows()
+	{
+		if($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			$result = mysqli_affected_rows($this->db_connect_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_numfields($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = mysqli_num_fields($query_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	// function sql_fieldname($query_id = 0){}
+	// function sql_fieldtype($offset, $query_id = 0){}
+	function sql_fetchrow($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			return mysqli_fetch_array($query_id);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_fetchrowset($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($query_id))
+			{
+				$result[] = $row;
+			}
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	// function sql_fetchfield($field, $rownum = -1, $query_id = 0){}
+	// function sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id = 0){}
+	function sql_nextid(){
+		if($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			$result = mysqli_insert_id($this->db_connect_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_freeresult($query_id = 0){
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+
+		if ( $query_id )
+		{
+			@mysqli_free_result($query_id);
+
+			return true;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_error($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		$result["message"] = mysqli_error($this->db_connect_id);
+		$result["code"] = mysqli_errno($this->db_connect_id);
+
+		return $result;
+	}
+
+} // class sql_db
+
+class sql_db_string extends sql_db
+{
+	//
+	// Constructor ($connstring format : mysql://user:password@host/dbname)
+	//
+	function sql_db_string($connstring, $persistency = true)
+	{
+		$ret = false;
+		if ($connstring != '')
+		{
+			if (preg_match("#^mysqli?://([^:]+)(?::([^@]*))?@([^\\/]+)/([^/]+)[/]?$#", $connstring, $params))
+			{
+				$sqlserver		= $params[3];
+				$sqluser		= $params[1];
+				$sqlpassword	= $params[2];
+				$database		= $params[4];
+
+				$ret = $this->sql_db($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database, $persistency);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $ret;
+	}
+} // class sql_db_string
+
+
+} // if ... define
+