PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => FALSE, ); $dsn = 'mysql:host=' . HOST . ';dbname=' . DATABASE . ';charset=' . CHARSET; $instance = new PDO($dsn, USER, PASSWORD, $opt); } return $instance; } ?>