diff --git a/classes/system/feature.class.php b/classes/system/feature.class.php
index 93e01e7..12cfa5f 100644
--- a/classes/system/feature.class.php
+++ b/classes/system/feature.class.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Eclipse Foundation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2019 Eclipse Foundation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *    Antoine Toulme, Intalio Inc. bug 248845: Refactoring generate1.php into different files with a functional approach
+ *    Denis Roy (Eclipse Foundation) - Bug 550544 - Babel server is not ready for PHP 7
 *******************************************************************************/
 
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/fragment.class.php"); 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 	 * of the translation of this feature in this language.
 	 */
 	function pct_complete() {
+	    global $dbh;
 		if (strcmp($this->language->iso, "en_AA") == 0) {
 			return 100;
 		}
@@ -279,6 +281,7 @@
 	}
 	
 	function generateAsCSV() {
+	    global $dbh;
 		$this->cleanupOutput(null, false);
 		$filename = $this->filename() . ".csv";
 		$language = $this->language->id;
diff --git a/classes/system/fragment.class.php b/classes/system/fragment.class.php
index 8ce93f6..91013b8 100644
--- a/classes/system/fragment.class.php
+++ b/classes/system/fragment.class.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Eclipse Foundation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2019 Eclipse Foundation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *    Antoine Toulme, Intalio Inc. bug 248845: Refactoring generate1.php into different files with a functional approach
+ *    Denis Roy (Eclipse Foundation) - Bug 550544 - Babel server is not ready for PHP 7
 *******************************************************************************/
 
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/project.class.php"); 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * Determine which plug-ins need to be in this language pack.
 		 */
+	    global $dbh;
 		if (strcmp($language->iso, "en_AA") == 0) {
 			$sql = "SELECT DISTINCT f.project_id, f.version, f.file_id, f.name, f.plugin_id
 				FROM files AS f
diff --git a/classes/system/language.class.php b/classes/system/language.class.php
index e479583..9eb5cc8 100644
--- a/classes/system/language.class.php
+++ b/classes/system/language.class.php
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   
 	static function all() {
 		$langs = array();
+		global $dbh;
 		$language_result = mysqli_query($dbh, "SELECT * FROM languages WHERE languages.is_active ORDER BY name, locale");
 		while (($language_row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($language_result)) != null) {
 			$langs[] = Language::fromRow($language_row);
diff --git a/classes/system/release_train.class.php b/classes/system/release_train.class.php
index a077d85..77607ee 100644
--- a/classes/system/release_train.class.php
+++ b/classes/system/release_train.class.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 	
 	static function all() {
 		$trains = array();
+		global $dbh;
 		$train_result = mysqli_query($dbh, "SELECT DISTINCT train_id FROM release_train_projects");
 		while (($train_row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($train_result)) != null) {
 			$trains[] = new ReleaseTrain($train_row['train_id']);