Why no one is making drop list from Sql?
like monster (table) and monsters_drops(table)
Monter -> MonsterID -> MonsterLink -> Name and etc.
Monster_drops -> Monster_ID -> Item_ID -> Chance.
Faster easear and etc.
Well no one is stoping you, but still if you won't rewrite the whole project theres 80% That your hosted server will have some backdoors that the owner knows and will use them against you well that could give you alot of pain.