diff --git a/admin/blog.func.php b/admin/blog.func.php
index 052d518..abf6019 100644
--- a/admin/blog.func.php
+++ b/admin/blog.func.php
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ global $l, $plugins;
                 '".$form_input['allowpingback']."'  );";
 
     $writeblog = new Query($sql);
-    $id = mysql_insert_id();
+global $mysql;
+    $id = mysqli_insert_id($mysql);
      if($writeblog->error()) {
         echo "<pre>\n";
         echo $writeblog->getError();
diff --git a/log.php b/log.php
index b0b48f5..f085659 100644
--- a/log.php
+++ b/log.php
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ elseif(isset($com_form['form_submitted']) AND $com_form['form_submitted'] == $l[
                 )"; 
 
         $newcomment = new Query($sql);
-        $cid = mysql_insert_id();
+global $mysql;
+        $cid = mysqli_insert_id($mysql);
         if($newcomment->error()) {
             if($newcomment->getErrno() == 1062) {
                 $errors[] = $l['comments_duplicate'];
diff --git a/scripts/general.func.php b/scripts/general.func.php
index 406ece1..7efd4f0 100644
--- a/scripts/general.func.php
+++ b/scripts/general.func.php
@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@ function strip($_data) {
 }
 // escape input for mysql
 function escape_for_mysql($_data) {
+global $mysql;
         if (is_array($_data))
 		foreach($_data as $key => $val) $_data[$key] = escape_for_mysql($val);
         else
-		$_data = mysql_real_escape_string($_data);
+		$_data = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysql, $_data);
 		// uses last opened MySQL link implicitly
 		// assumption is valid because this function is never called
 		// before mysql_connect
diff --git a/scripts/mail.class.php b/scripts/mail.class.php
index 6bada54..8743bb3 100644
--- a/scripts/mail.class.php
+++ b/scripts/mail.class.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Jlog_Mail
     * Jlog_Mail() - constructor
     *
     */
-    function Jlog_Mail()
+    function __construct()
     {
 	# XXX don't know if needed
 	mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
diff --git a/scripts/prepend.inc.php b/scripts/prepend.inc.php
index dcf0280..7a3b532 100644
--- a/scripts/prepend.inc.php
+++ b/scripts/prepend.inc.php
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 // load settings and version information
 error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
+ini_set('display_errors', 1);
+
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR."..".DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR."personal".DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR."settings.inc.php");
 require_once(JLOG_BASEPATH."scripts".DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR."version.inc.php");
  
@@ -62,20 +64,15 @@ require_once(JLOG_BASEPATH.'scripts'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'comments.php');
 if(defined('JLOG_ADMIN')) require_once(JLOG_BASEPATH.'lang'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'lang-admin.'.JLOG_LANGUAGE.'.inc.php');
 
 // connect to database
-$connect = @mysql_connect(JLOG_DB_URL, JLOG_DB_USER, JLOG_DB_PWD);
-if ($connect == FALSE) {
-  mail(JLOG_EMAIL, $l['admin']['e_db'], $l['admin']['e_db_is']."\n".mysql_error());
-  die("<strong>".$l['db_error']."</strong><br />".$l['plz_try_again'].".");
-}
-// select our database
-$select = @mysql_select_db(JLOG_DB);
-if ($connect == FALSE) {
-  mail(JLOG_EMAIL, $l['admin']['e_db'], $l['admin']['e_db_is']."\n".mysql_error());
+$mysql = @mysqli_connect(JLOG_DB_URL, JLOG_DB_USER, JLOG_DB_PWD, JLOG_DB);
+if ($mysql == FALSE) {
+  mail(JLOG_EMAIL, $l['admin']['e_db'], $l['admin']['e_db_is']."\n".mysqli_error($mysql));
   die("<strong>".$l['db_error']."</strong><br />".$l['plz_try_again'].".");
 }
+
 // do some settings
-@mysql_query("SET NAMES utf8");
-@mysql_query("SET sql_mode=''");
+@mysqli_query($mysql, "SET NAMES utf8");
+@mysqli_query($mysql, "SET sql_mode=''");
 
 // some more code that needs to run for every page - however, this
 // code requires an established connection to the database
@@ -88,4 +85,4 @@ $plugins = new JlogPluginManager(JLOG_BASEPATH.'plugins'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 $bbcode = $plugins->callHook('bbcode', $bbcode);
 $bbcomments = $plugins->callHook('bbcomments', $bbcomments);
    
-// eof
\ No newline at end of file
+// eof
diff --git a/scripts/stringparser.class.php b/scripts/stringparser.class.php
index 46f78f3..939bed8 100644
--- a/scripts/stringparser.class.php
+++ b/scripts/stringparser.class.php
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class StringParser {
 	 *
 	 * @access public
 	 */
-	function StringParser () {
+	function __construct () {
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ class StringParser_Node {
 	 *                        occurred at. If not determinable, it is -1.
 	 * @global __STRINGPARSER_NODE_ID
 	 */
-	function StringParser_Node ($occurredAt = -1) {
+	function __constructor ($occurredAt = -1) {
 		$this->_id = $GLOBALS['__STRINGPARSER_NODE_ID']++;
 		$this->occurredAt = $occurredAt;
 	}
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ class StringParser_Node {
 	 * @param object $node The node to destroy
 	 * @return bool True on success, else false.
 	 */
-	function destroyNode (&$node) {
+	static function destroyNode (&$node) {
 		if ($node === null) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -1486,8 +1486,8 @@ class StringParser_Node_Text extends StringParser_Node {
 	 *                        occurred at. If not determinable, it is -1.
 	 * @see StringParser_Node_Text::content
 	 */
-	function StringParser_Node_Text ($content, $occurredAt = -1) {
-		parent::StringParser_Node ($occurredAt);
+	function __construct ($content, $occurredAt = -1) {
+#		parent::__construct ($occurredAt);
 		$this->content = $content;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/scripts/update.php b/scripts/update.php
index 3b86e05..25c62f8 100644
--- a/scripts/update.php
+++ b/scripts/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 $now_date = getdate();
-
+$errors = array();
 $data['rss'] = "";
 $data['rss_full'] = "";
 $data['sub'] = "";