<?php
 $db_host = "localhost";
 $db_name = "dblogin";
 $db_user = "birdwatcher";
 $db_pass = "welovechicks";

 try {
     $db_conn = new PDO("mysql:host={$db_host};dbname={$db_name}", $db_user, $db_pass);
     $db_conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
 }
catch(PDOException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}
?>