Соединение с базой данных Joomla 3 - Joomla 3.x: Общие вопросы

defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
require_once ("config.php");
echo "<table>";
echo "<thead><th>Должность</th><th>Ф.И.О.</th><th>Телефон</th></thead>";
$result = mysqli_query ($load, "SELECT `rang`, `name`, `tel` FROM `spisok` WHERE ..");

define('_JEXEC', 1);
define('JPATH_BASE', dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'defines.php');

<?php
require_once ("configuration.php");
$cfg = new JConfig;
$load = mysqli_connect($cfg->host, $cfg->user, $cfg->password) or die("Don't can create connection!");
mysqli_select_db($load, $cfg->db) or die(mysql_error());
mysqli_set_charset($load, "utf8");
echo "<table>";
echo "<thead><th>Должность</th><th>Ф.И.О.</th><th>Телефон</th></thead>";
$result = mysqli_query ($load, "SELECT `rang`, `name`, `tel` FROM `spisok` WHERE ..");