public static Connection con = null;
    public static Statement stmt;
    public static boolean connectionMade;

    public static void createConnection() {
        try {
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
            String IP="pkpassage.co.uk";
            String DB="web86-vote";
            String User="web86-vote";
            String Pass="kauwgom1";
            con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://"+IP+"/"+DB, User, Pass);
            stmt = con.createStatement();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Logger.log("VoteManager", "Connection to SQL database failed!");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }