<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
try {
    $user = "User";
    $pass = "PAss";
    $db = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=DBNAME', $user, $pass);
    $db = null;
} catch (PDOException $e) {
    print "Error!: " . $e->getMessage() . "<br/>";
    die();
}
?>