mysql pdo connect to db code example

Example 1: php mysql pdo connection

<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";

try {
    $conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=myDB", $username, $password);
    // set the PDO error mode to exception
    $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
    echo "Connected successfully";
    }
catch(PDOException $e)
    {
    echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage();
    }
?>

Example 2: pdo db connection

<?php
$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=databasename', 'username', 'password');
?>