<?php
// Database configuration
$DB_HOST = "localhost";
$DB_USER = "tasmoybb_tctuser";
$DB_PASS = "3XT3RN4l!337";
$DB_NAME = "tasmoybb_tctdb";

// Create mysqli connection
$db = new mysqli($DB_HOST, $DB_USER, $DB_PASS, $DB_NAME);

// Check connection
if ($db->connect_error) {
    die("Database connection failed: " . $db->connect_error);
}

// Force UTF-8
$db->set_charset("utf8mb4");

// Helper function for safe queries
function db() {
    global $db;
    return $db;
}