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PHP

Posted by aduratomi okiji
aduratomi okiji
2,561 Points

MySql Database with php

Hi, I am currently taking "using php with mysql" course and i am having trouble making the PDO object in XAMP. my code is as the following. ' $db = new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=shrits4mike;port=3306","root","root");'. Everything for the database is on its default setting. Please provide an asnwer to my question. Every time I run this code it give man exception.

2 Answers

Ben Rubin
Ben Rubin
Courses Plus Student 14,658 Points

If you're using the default setup with xampp, your database probably doesn't have a password, so using "root" as the password is what's causing the problem. Also, make sure your spelling of "shirts4mike is correct. The "i" and the "r" are swapped in the code that you listed. Try this:

$db = new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=shirts4mike;port=3306","root","");
aduratomi okiji
aduratomi okiji
2,561 Points
aduratomi okiji
aduratomi okiji
2,561 Points

IT WORKS!Thank you so much!!!