pdo catch and output mysql errors

Question

Still trying to get my head around pdo.

I have an insert statement that is executed with pdo. insert works great however if there is an error I would like it displayed t

Answer 1

By default PDO is not in a state that will display errors. you need to provide the following in your DB connection

$dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

More info can be seen Here