add ajaxchat library - needs a lot of integration work to handle decentralisation (e.g. chatroom@website) and zotid w/permissions (e.g. ACL controlled chatrooms); we can also rip out a lot of stuff we don't need.

library/ajaxchat/chat/lib/class/AJAXChatDataBase.php

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+<?php
+/*
+ * @package AJAX_Chat
+ * @author Sebastian Tschan
+ * @copyright (c) Sebastian Tschan
+ * @license Modified MIT License
+ * @link https://blueimp.net/ajax/
+ */
+
+// Class to initialize the DataBase connection:
+class AJAXChatDataBase {
+
+	var $_db;
+
+	function __construct(&$dbConnectionConfig) {
+		switch($dbConnectionConfig['type']) {
+			case 'mysqli':
+				$this->_db = new AJAXChatDatabaseMySQLi($dbConnectionConfig);
+				break;
+			case 'mysql':
+				$this->_db = new AJAXChatDatabaseMySQL($dbConnectionConfig);
+				break;
+			default:
+				// Use MySQLi if available, else MySQL (and check the type of a given database connection object):
+				if(function_exists('mysqli_connect') && (!$dbConnectionConfig['link'] || is_object($dbConnectionConfig['link']))) {
+					$this->_db = new AJAXChatDatabaseMySQLi($dbConnectionConfig);
+				} else {
+					$this->_db = new AJAXChatDatabaseMySQL($dbConnectionConfig);	
+				}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	// Method to connect to the DataBase server:
+	function connect(&$dbConnectionConfig) {
+		return $this->_db->connect($dbConnectionConfig);
+	}
+	
+	// Method to select the DataBase:
+	function select($dbName) {
+		return $this->_db->select($dbName);
+	}
+	
+	// Method to determine if an error has occured:
+	function error() {
+		return $this->_db->error();
+	}
+	
+	// Method to return the error report:
+	function getError() {
+		return $this->_db->getError();
+	}
+	
+	// Method to return the connection identifier:
+	function &getConnectionID() {
+		return $this->_db->getConnectionID();
+	}
+	
+	// Method to prevent SQL injections:
+	function makeSafe($value) {
+		return $this->_db->makeSafe($value);
+	}
+
+	// Method to perform SQL queries:
+	function sqlQuery($sql) {
+		return $this->_db->sqlQuery($sql);
+	}
+	
+	// Method to retrieve the current DataBase name:
+	function getName() {
+		return $this->_db->getName(); 
+		//If your database has hyphens ( - ) in it, try using this instead:
+		//return '`'.$this->_db->getName().'`'; 
+	}
+
+	// Method to retrieve the last inserted ID:
+	function getLastInsertedID() {
+		return $this->_db->getLastInsertedID();
+	}
+
+}
+?>