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Geoffrey Emerson
18,726 PointsCould not replicate the "Uncaught Exception" error created in the video.
Clearly something must have been changed in a recent software update. Maybe it's not that big a deal, but I find it disturbing that PDO happily creates a broken object created with a bad file name.
<?php
// Remove before flight
ini_set('display_errors', 'On'); // Turns on error responses
$db = new PDO('sqlite:./dataaabase.db');
var_dump($db);
die();
?>
No error. The result I get is the same as with the correct database file name: "object(PDO)#1 (0) { }"
2 Answers

Bryan Manhollan
Courses Plus Student 7,861 PointsWorkspaces has been updated since the video was created and will correct this to a degree. Instead try:
<?php
// Remove before flight
ini_set('display_errors', 'On'); // Turns on error responses
$db = new PDO('sqlite:../database.db');
var_dump($db);
die();
?>
Notice the extra "." before /database.db.

kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 PointsI think it has to do more with the error settings on one's computer, for it to work just like the teacher's.
kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 Pointskabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 PointsThe 2 dots only helps to show the error. Once you correct the spelling, it still shows the error, unlike the teacher's code, it doesn't go back to showing the PDO object that was originally seen with the single dot.