[BamBam0077]

  function setupDatabase()
    {
        // put your database information mentioned above here
        $username = 'root';
        $password = 'root';
        $host = 'localhost';
        $dbname = 'verify';

        try {
            $pdo = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname",$username,$password);
            $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

        } catch(PDOException $e) {
            return 'ERROR: ' . $e->getMessage();
        }

        return $pdo;
    }