setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); $sql = "INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email) VALUES ('Finn', 'van Kooten', 'john@example.com')"; // use exec() because no results are returned $conn->exec($sql); echo "New record created successfully"; } catch(PDOException $e) { echo $sql . "
" . $e->getMessage(); } $conn = null; ?>