hardcoded port and hostname matching name of docker setup

api/init.php

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ if (file_exists($envFile)) {
 }
 
 // Defines Environment Variables
-$host = getenv('POSTGRES_HOST');
-$port = getenv('POSTGRES_PORT');
+$host = getenv('POSTGRES_HOSTNAME');
+$port = 5432;
 $db   = getenv('POSTGRES_DB');
 $user = getenv('POSTGRES_USER');
 $pass = getenv('POSTGRES_PASSWORD');
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ try {
     ];
     $dsn = "pgsql:host=$host;dbname=$db;port=$port";
     $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, $opt);
+
+
+    $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, [PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION]);
+
+
+
+    
     
 // Creates Error Message
 } catch(PDOException $e) {