$statement = $connection->prepare("SELECT `players`.`internal_ID`, `players`.`mmr` FROM libert_gigantic.`players` ORDER BY `players`.`name` ASC LIMIT 0, 500;");
//$statement->bindValue(':start', $count, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$statement->execute();
$statement->debugDumpParams();
$totalcount = $statement->rowCount();
//echo $totalcount;
//file_put_contents("C:\\file.txt",$totalcount);
while($row = $statement->fetch()){
    $statement = $connection->prepare("INSERT INTO $database.`mmr_tracking` (`mmr_tracking`.`internal_ID`, `mmr_tracking`.`mmr`, `mmr_tracking`.`date`) VALUES (:playerid, :playermmr, :todaysdate)");
    $statement->bindValue(':playerid', $row['internal_ID'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
    $statement->bindValue(':playermmr', $row['mmr'], PDO::PARAM_INT);
    $statement->bindValue(':todaysdate', $timestamp, PDO::PARAM_STR);
    $statement->execute();
}

$host = 'localhost'; // IP of the server MySQL is running on
$port = 3306; // This is the default port for MySQL
$dbusername = '<valid>'; // The username used to access the database
$dbpassword = '<valid'; // The above users password
$dsn = "mysql:host=$host;port=$port;dbname=$database;charset=utf8;";
$connection = new PDO($dsn, $dbusername, $dbpassword);
$connection->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);