[phate8908]

Enjoy!

Files needed:
mysql.lua
mysql_h.lua
JSON.lua

MySQLi.lua

local mysql = require('mysql')
local MySQLi = {}
function MySQLi:Connect()
	local Settings = eq.GetSettings()
	local db = Settings["server"]["database"]["db"]
	local host = Settings["server"]["database"]["host"]
	local user = Settings["server"]["database"]["username"]
	local pass = Settings["server"]["database"]["password"]
	local port = Settings["server"]["database"]["port"]
	return mysql.connect(host,user,pass,db,'utf8',tonumber(port))
end
return MySQLi

append to general_ext.lua

function eq.ReadFile(file)
	local f = io.open(file, "rb")
	if f then f:close() end
	lines = {}
	if f ~= nil then
		for line in io.lines(file) do 
			lines[#lines + 1] = line
		end
	end
	return lines
end
function eq.GetSettings()
	local json = require "JSON"
	local Message = eq.ReadFile("eqemu_config.json")
	local configFile = ""
	for k,v in pairs(Message) do
		configFile = configFile .. v
	end
	return json:decode(configFile)
end