note 124951 added to pdo.construct

Most of the information in the comment here is outdated or wrong. You do can use host=localhost to connect via socket, which is faster than TCP, so setting 127.0.0.1 is a performance loss. To use proper utf you should use utf8mb4, for example: $db = new PDO('mysql:host=' . DATABASE_HOST . ';dbname='. DATABASE_NAME .';charset=utf8mb4', DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASSWORD); ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 185.85.3.195 (proxied: 188.27.52.53) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.construct.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/124951 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124951/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124951/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124951/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124951/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124951/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124951/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124951 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/124951 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php