<?php
    use PDO;
    Class SafePDO extends PDO {
        private $server = "";
        private $username = "";
        private $pass = "";
        private $database = "";
        public static function exception_handler($exception) {
            die('Uncaught exception: ' . $exception->getMessage());
        }
        public function __construct() {
            // Temporarily change the PHP exception handler while we . . .
            set_exception_handler(array(__CLASS__, 'exception_handler'));
            // . . . create a PDO object
            $dsn = 'mysql:host=' . $this->server . ';dbname=' . $this->database;
            parent::__construct($dsn, $this->username, $this->pass);
            // Change the exception handler back to whatever it was before
            restore_exception_handler();
        }
    }
?>