phpPDOConnect.php

function dbConnect($sql_hostName, $sql_Username, $sql_Password, $dbName = '') {
	
	$server = $sql_hostName;
	$name = $dbName;
	$username = $sql_Username;
	$password = $sql_Password;
	$dsn = 'mysql:host='.$server.';dbname='.$name;

	try {
		$db = new PDO($dsn, $username, $password);
		return $db;
	} catch (PDOException $e) {
		$error_message = $e->getMessage();
		include('database_error.php');
		exit();
	}
}