public MySQLConnect(sqlhost[], sqluser[], sqlpass[], sqldb[]) // by Luk0r
{
    print("MYSQL: Attempting to connect to server...");
    samp_mysql_connect(sqlhost, sqluser, sqlpass);
    samp_mysql_select_db(sqldb);
    if(samp_mysql_ping()==0)
    {
        print("MYSQL: Database connection established.");
        return 1;
    }
    else
    {
        print("MYSQL: Connection error, retrying...");
        samp_mysql_connect(sqlhost, sqluser, sqlpass);
        samp_mysql_select_db(sqldb);
        if(samp_mysql_ping()==0)
        {
            print("MYSQL: Reconnection successful. We can continue as normal.");
            return 1;
        }
        else
        {
            print("MYSQL: Could not reconnect to server, terminating server...");
            SendRconCommand("exit");
            return 0;
        }
    }
}

public MySQLDisconnect() // by Luk0r
{
    samp_mysql_close();
    return 1;
}

public MySQLCheckConnection() // by Luk0r
{
    if(samp_mysql_ping()==0)
    {
      print("MYSQL: Connected!");
        return 1;
    }
    else
    {
        print("MYSQL: Connection seems dead, retrying...");
        MySQLDisconnect();
        MySQLConnect(MYSQL_HOST,MYSQL_USER,MYSQL_PASS,MYSQL_DB);
        if(samp_mysql_ping()==0)
        {
            print("MYSQL: Reconnection successful. We can continue as normal.");
            return 1;
        }
        else
        {
            print("MYSQL: Could not reconnect to server, terminating server...");
            SendRconCommand("exit");
            return 0;
        }
    }
}