<?php
// $servername = cpanel->server information->shared ip address
$servername = "example.com";

// username used to connect to cpanel
$username = "user";

// password used to connect to cpanel
$password = "pass";

try {
    $conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=database_name", $username,
$password);
// set the PDO error mode to exception
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
echo "Connected successfully";
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage();
}
?>