use DBI; $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:$dbdriver:$dbdatabase:$dbhost:$dbport", $dbuser, $dbpassword); $data = $dbh->selectrow_hashref("SELECT * FROM hpm_sessions WHERE sid='$uid';"); $dbh->disconnect; $username = $$data{'username'}; $lng = $$data{'lng'}; $userid = $$data{'userid'};