diff --git a/html/inc/db.inc b/html/inc/db.inc
index b0597cdf0c..6fc14bb1b0 100644
--- a/html/inc/db.inc
+++ b/html/inc/db.inc
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ if (MYSQLI) {
     }
 } else {
     function _mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass, $db_name) {
-        $link = mysql_pconnect($host, $user, $pass);
+        $link = @mysql_pconnect($host, $user, $pass);
         if (!$link) return null;
         if (!mysql_select_db($db_name, $link)) {
             return null;
diff --git a/html/inc/db_conn.inc b/html/inc/db_conn.inc
index d12106c0e3..5e96858720 100644
--- a/html/inc/db_conn.inc
+++ b/html/inc/db_conn.inc
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ class DbConn {
             }
             //if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0') < 0) {
             if (1) {        // don't use persistent connections for now
-                $this->db_conn = new mysqli($host, $user, $passwd, $name, $port);
+                $this->db_conn = @new mysqli($host, $user, $passwd, $name, $port);
             } else {
-                $this->db_conn = new mysqli("p:".$host, $user, $passwd, $name, $port);
+                $this->db_conn = @new mysqli("p:".$host, $user, $passwd, $name, $port);
             }
             global $mysqli;
             $mysqli = $this->db_conn;