[ztempuser]

sweet thank you, it worked like a charm

// Load the database settings into $VAR;
function boardmodule_import_db_settings()
{
    require_once ("../includes/config.php");
    global $VAR;
    $VAR["db_host"]         = $config['MasterServer']['servername'];
    $VAR["db_username"]     = $config['MasterServer']['username'];
    $VAR["db_password"]     = $config['MasterServer']['password'];
    $VAR["db_name"]         = $config['Database']['dbname'];
    $VAR["db_tblprefix"]    = $config['Database']['tableprefix'];
    $VAR["db_persistant"]   = $config['MasterServer']['usepconnect'];