diff --git a/website/connect.php b/website/connect.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a3ae861..0000000
--- a/website/connect.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-$servername = "agile136.science.uva.nl";
-$username = "mhbp";
-$password = "qdtboXhCHJyL2szC";
-
-// Create connection
-$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);
-
-// Check connection
-if ($conn->connect_error) {
-   die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
-}
-
-?>
diff --git a/website/mysql_config.xml b/website/mysql_config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de2d929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/mysql_config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<MySQL_INIT>
+    <mysql_host>localhost</mysql_host>
+    <mysql_database>myhyvesbookplus</mysql_database>
+    <mysql_username>mhbp</mysql_username>
+    <mysql_password>qdtboXhCHJyL2szC</mysql_password>
+</MySQL_INIT>
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diff --git a/website/public/template_sql.php b/website/public/template_sql.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ef5b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/public/template_sql.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+</head>
+<body>
+<?php
+
+// database gegevens zijn elders opgeslagen
+include_once("../queries/connect.php");
+include_once("../queries/friendship.php");
+
+$friends = selectAllFriends($db, 666);
+while($friend = $friends->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
+    echo $friend['username'].' '.$friend['onlinestatus'] . "<br />";
+}
+
+?>
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/website/queries/connect.php b/website/queries/connect.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36d1001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/queries/connect.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+$dbconf = simplexml_load_file("/var/mysql_config.xml");
+if ($dbconf === FALSE) {
+    die("Error parsing XML file");
+}
+else {
+    $db = new PDO("mysql:host=$dbconf->mysql_host;dbname=$dbconf->mysql_database;charset=utf8",
+        "$dbconf->mysql_username", "$dbconf->mysql_password")
+    or die('Error connecting to mysql server');
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/website/queries/friendship.php b/website/queries/friendship.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45a599e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/queries/friendship.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+function selectAllFriends($db, $userID) {
+    return $db->query("
+    SELECT
+        `user`.`username`,
+        `user`.`profilepicture`,
+        `user`.`onlinestatus`,
+        `user`.`role`
+    FROM
+        `user`    
+    INNER JOIN
+        `friendship`
+    WHERE
+        `friendship`.`user1ID` = $userID AND
+        `friendship`.`user2ID` = `user`.`userID` OR
+        `friendship`.`user2ID` = $userID AND
+        `friendship`.`user1ID` = `user`.`userID`"
+    );
+}
+
+
+
+?>
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diff --git a/website/views/head.php b/website/views/head.php
index 74ef7a2..fc28320 100644
--- a/website/views/head.php
+++ b/website/views/head.php
@@ -13,3 +13,8 @@
     @import url("styles/menu.css");
     @import url("styles/footer.css");
 </style>
+<?php
+
+include_once("../connect.php");
+
+?>
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