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Riki Tiilikainen
4,042 PointsDatabase connection keeps creating a new database
This tutorial works in the workspaces environment, but not when I test locally and I can see that a few other people have had the same problem, but no solution posted. When I test the connection, locally using MAMP it creates a new database whenever I break the connection. Does anyone know why this is happening? Also, won't let me post an underscore by the DIR here! AH
<?php
try{ $db = new PDO ("sqlite:". _ _ DIR _ _ ."/database.db"); $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); var_dump($db); } catch (Exception $e){ echo 'Caught exception: ', $e->getMessage(); exit; } echo "Connected to Database";
?>
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there, Riki Tiilikainen ! This is now the expected functionality. In newer versions of PHP/SQLite drivers, if the database cannot be found, it creates a new database for you. However, if you are working with legacy code, this may not be the case. There can also be other reasons for a connection to not be established.
On your local machine and using newer versions of PHP, you should expect that if the database file cannot be found, another database file matching the one you're trying to connect to will be created for you.
Hope this helps!
devis
4,059 PointsHello Jennifer and Treehouse Team 
