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Wil Garvey
3,258 PointsConnecting and Querying an SQL database
I am trying to create an sql database and link it to my locally hosted website. I have created the database my phpMyAdmin and I have created the code to establish a connection and query. When I run my code on localhost/connections.php the following error is thrown. It looks like my safestreet.sql database is in the correct location in the includes folder.
SQLSTATE[HY000] [14] unable to open database file
This is my connection code:
<?php
$host = "localhost"; $user = "safestreet"; $db = "safestreet"; $pass = "safestreet";
try { $db = new PDO("sqlite:inc/safestreet.sql"); $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); } catch (Exception $e) { echo $e->getMessage(); exit; }
try { $results = $db->query("SELECT * FROM safestreet"); echo 'Retrieved Results'; } catch (Exception $e) { echo "Unable to retrieve results"; exit; }
?>
Thank you for your time and consideration!
1 Answer
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20,806 Pointsis the db on localhost or is a file like in the videos? BTW if the file is on the same directory you need to add the correct path.
$db = new PDO("sqlite:".DIR."/database.db");