<?php
   // Enter PORT, THE_DB_NAME, THE_DB_USER and THE_DB_PASSWORD to connect with PDO.
   // Traditional port is 3306 while I often use 8889 on my local dev machine.
    try{
        $dbh = new pdo( 'mysql:host=localhost:PORT;dbname=THE_DB_NAME',
                        'THE_DB_USER',
                        'THE_DB_PASSWORD',
                        array(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION));
        die(json_encode(array('outcome' => true)));
    }
    catch(PDOException $ex){
        die(json_encode(array('outcome' => false, 'message' => $ex->getMessage())));
    }
?>