diff --git a/include/mysql.php b/include/mysql.php
index c7fcd5affbfa0f26adf40a94aa63e51b8e16a84e..7375616d9571f009433f0e88086f824621f52820 100644
--- a/include/mysql.php
+++ b/include/mysql.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     vim: expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4:
 **********************************************************************/
 
-    function db_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $options = NULL) {
+    function db_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $options = array()) {
 
         //Assert
         if(!strlen($user) || !strlen($passwd) || !strlen($host))
diff --git a/include/mysqli.php b/include/mysqli.php
index 3a0bab1823cfa2b57ad9e284c870a36ce5c918d0..327ad52abcda72b264d7cd625cf741a9c70dc3ba 100644
--- a/include/mysqli.php
+++ b/include/mysqli.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 **********************************************************************/
 $__db = null;
 
-function db_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $options) {
+function db_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $options = array()) {
     global $__db;
 
     //Assert