PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false, ]; try { $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, $options); } catch (\PDOException $e) { // If connection fails, maybe the config is wrong? // For now just die with a friendly message die("Database connection failed. Please check your config.php or run setup again."); } } ?>