<?php
$dsn = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=event_master';
$user = 'root';
$password = '';
try {
    $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
    $pdo ->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
    $pdo ->exec("SET CHARACTER SET utf8");
}
catch (PDOException $e) { }
?>