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Asked: 2026-06-17T16:25:11+00:00

I’m trying to catch the error on the database connection but I get the

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I’m trying to catch the error on the database connection but I get the an error when I enter a wrong host name only, here’s my code :

try
{
    $mysqlconnection = new PDO('mysql:host=localshost;dbname=test', 'root', '');
}
catch (Exception $ex)
{

die('Erreur : ' . $ex->getMessage());

}

And here’s the error I get :

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Why do I get this error ONLY if I set a wrong hostname ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You might want to turn the exceptions on and use PDOException for the caught exception.

    try {
    $mysqlconnection = new PDO(
        'mysql:host=localshost;dbname=test',
        'root', 'yourPasswordHere'
    );
    $mysqlconnection->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
} catch (PDOException $ex) {
    die('Erreur : ' . $ex->getMessage());
    // or 
    // die('Erreur:' . PHP_EOL . $ex->getTraceAsString());
}

    For me it outputs

    Erreur : SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

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