PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false ]; $dsn = "pgsql:host=$host;dbname=$db;port=$port"; $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, $opt); // Error-Message } catch(PDOException $e) { echo "Error: ".$e->getMessage(); } ?>