<?php
    function insert()
    {
        $servername = "127.0.0.1";
        $username = "root";
        $password = "(my password here)";
        $dbname = "(my db name here)";

        try
        {
                // preparing database handle $dbh
                $dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);

            // set the PDO error mode to exception
                $dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
            }

            catch(PDOException $e)
            {
                echo ("Could not connect to server.n");
                echo ("getMessage(): " . $e->getMessage () . "n");
            }