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3,744 PointsFatal 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
54,971 PointsThere should not be a space after sqlite:
. It should just be:
<?php
$db = new PDO("sqlite:".__DIR__."/database.db");
?>