Failed to connect to database server"); mysql_select_db("$dbname") or die("Failed to select database"); mysql_query("SET character_set_results = 'utf8', character_set_client = 'utf8', character_set_connection = 'utf8', character_set_database = 'utf8', character_set_server = 'utf8'", $dbh); return $dbh; } function disconnectdb($conn){ return mysql_close($conn); } $dsn = "mysql:host=$dbhost;dbname=$dbname;"; $PDO = new PDO($dsn, $dbuser, $dbpwd) or exit('Connection error.'); $PDO->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); $PDO->setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false ); $PDO->exec('SET NAMES utf8'); ?>