PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false, ]; try { $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, $options); return $pdo; } catch (\PDOException $e) { throw new \PDOException($e->getMessage(), (int)$e->getCode()); } } function db_init() { $pdo = db_connect(); $sql = " CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS students ( id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, first_name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, last_name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, date_of_birth DATE, email VARCHAR(100), phone_number VARCHAR(20), created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ); "; $pdo->exec($sql); }