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PHP CRUD Operations with PHP Project Setup Connecting to the Database

marcell gibbs
marcell gibbs
3,744 Points
Posted by marcell gibbs
marcell gibbs
3,744 Points

Fatal error

<?php

$db = new PDO("sqlite: ".DIR."/database.db"); var_dump($db);

?>

I get this error:

treehouse:~/workspace$ php inc/connection.php
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000] [14] unable to open da tabase file in /home/treehouse/workspace/inc/connection.php:3
Stack trace:

0 /home/treehouse/workspace/inc/connection.php(3): PDO->__construct('sqlite: /

home/t...')

1 {main}

thrown in /home/treehouse/workspace/inc/connection.php on line 3

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

There should not be a space after sqlite:. It should just be:

<?php

$db = new PDO("sqlite:".__DIR__."/database.db");

?>