PHP PDO Example

pdoexample.php

<?php
/** PHP PDO Example 
 *  Used for quick copy past access to a database with PDO. 
 */
$charset = "utf8";
$database = "db1";
$dsn = "mysql:host=$mysql_server;charset=$charset";
$options = [
    PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE            => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
    PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
];
try {
    $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $mysql_user, $mysql_password, $options);
} catch (\PDOException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
    die();
}

try {
    $stmt = $pdo->query("SELECT * FROM $database.sometable");
} catch (\PDOException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}


foreach ($stmt as $row) {
   
   
}