diff --git a/Auth_phpbb.php b/Auth_phpbb.php
index 05afc9f..a7b75ba 100644
--- a/Auth_phpbb.php
+++ b/Auth_phpbb.php
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ private function connect()
         else
         {
             // Connect to database.
-            $fresMySQLConnection = mysql_connect($GLOBALS['wgDBserver'], $GLOBALS['wgDBuser'],
+            $fresMySQLConnection = new mysqli($GLOBALS['wgDBserver'], $GLOBALS['wgDBuser'],
                 $GLOBALS['wgDBpassword'], $GLOBALS['wgDBname']);
 
             // Check if we are connected to the database.