How to create a Database with PDO?

#1

I created an SQL database.
DB_name: id1360365_stuff
DB_user: id1360365_stuff
DB_host: localhost
PW: stuff

I found a tutorial on how to connect to a SQL database using PDO:
https://www.bitdegree.org/learn/mysql-create-database

<?php $servername = "localhost"; $username = "username"; $password = "password"; try { $conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=myDB", $username, $password); // set the PDO error mode to exception $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); $sql = "CREATE DATABASE myDBPDO"; // use exec() because no results are returned $conn->exec($sql); echo "Database created successfully
"; } catch(PDOException $e) { echo $sql . "
" . $e->getMessage(); } $conn = null; ?>

There are four variables I need to get right:

$servername = “localhost”;
$username = “username”;
$password = “password”;
dbname= MyDB

I assume these need to be adjusted: so I did:

$servername = “localhost”;
$username = “id1360365_stuff”;
$password = “stuff”;
dbname= id1360365_stuff

This doesn’t run even inside basic html/body tags.
I have tried what seems to be every possible permutation of the above information, even swapping out 000webhost passwords. Please help!

Do I have CREATE privileges by default?

#2

Can you explain what you are doing?

You can only create databases via 000webhost.com on Manage Database page.

#3

I created a database:
DB Name DB User DB Host
id1360365_qwerty id1360365_qwerty localhost

I tried to access the database using a PHP script and it failed (above).
I tried several other PHP scripts and they could not connect to the SQL database.
How to connect my PHP scripts to the SQL database?

#4

Does that help?

You are running these scripts on your 000webhostappurl yes?

You CANNOT run these scripts LOCALLY on your PC for example saved in a file.

#5

Got it, thx so much!

#6