$host = "localhost";//Ip of database, in this case my host machine
$user = "root"; //Username to use
$pass = "qwerty";//Password for that user
$dbname = "DB";//Name of the database
try {
$connection = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname", $user, $pass);
$connection->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
}catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo $e->getMessage();
}
//In this PHP DATA OBJECT (PDO) CONNECTION I am gonna use
//the exception code that will help hide your database login
//details from your users if there is an exception (error).
//dbname(database name)
//charset(characters encoding )
try {
$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=joke;charset=utf8','username','password');
$pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
echo 'Successfully Connected to the database';
} catch (PDOException $e) {
echo 'ErrorException'.$e->getMessage().'in'.$e->getFile().$e->getCode().$e->getLine();
}