Van MYSQL naar MYSQLI

<?php

	
function dbConnect($close=true){

	if (!$close) {
		mysql_close($link);
		return true;
	}

	$link = mysql_connect('127.0.0.1', 'root', '***') or die('Could not connect to MySQL DB ') . mysql_error();
	if (!mysql_select_db('ripper', $link))
		return false;
}
dbConnect();

 
    $bestaat = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM badgesdownload LIMIT 7");  
    while($bestaat2 = mysql_fetch_array($bestaat)) {
        $bestaat3 = $bestaat2['naam'];
        $txt = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM badgesdownload WHERE naam = '".$bestaat3."'"); 
        while($txt2 = mysql_fetch_array($txt)){
            $txt3 = $txt2['txt'];   
            echo $bestaat3; 
            echo'<br>';
            echo $txt3;
            echo'<br>';
        }
    }
?>