error connecting to MYSQL

Question

Here is the config.php file

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

/*=========== Database Configuraiton ==========*/

$db_host = "localhost";
$db_user = "test";
$db_pass = "test";
$db_name = "dbtest";


/*=========== Website Configuration ==========*/

$defaultTitle = 'testing';
$defaultFooter = date('Y').' &copy; testing';

?>

Here is the reference to config.php

<?php


require_once "includes/config.php";
require_once "includes/connect.php";
require_once "includes/helpers.php";



header('Cache-Control: max-age=3600, public');
header('Pragma: cache');
header("Last-Modified: ".gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s",time())." GMT");
header("Expires: ".gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s",time()+3600)." GMT");

?>

Connect.php is below

<?php

/*
        The login details are taken from config.php.
*/

try {
    $db = new PDO(
        "mysql:host=$db_host;dbname=$db_name;charset=UTF-8",
        $db_user,
        $db_pass
    );

    $db->query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
    $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
}
catch(PDOException $e) {
    error_log($e->getMessage());
    die("A database error was encountered");
}


?>

Does anyone see the problem with this code? I am getting the error message from connect.php "a database error was encountered" I need another set of eyes because all my info looks correct and I can't see the error in the code. Thanks.

Answer 1

you simple change UTF-8 to utf8..

try {
      $db = new PDO(
              "mysql:host=$db_host;dbname=$db_name;charset=utf8",
              $db_user,
              $db_pass
            );