> I think the problem here is with PHP 5.3.0: Fatal error: Undefined class constant 'MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND' . This is not defined in PDO. Ah, I see. I don't have PHP 5.3.0 to test with here. I did found a bug report for this though, http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47224
> Also think utf-8 as charset value is wrong. Issuing SET NAMES utf-8 in mysql command-line raises an error (error 1115). SET NAMES utf8; works fine. Good to know. I had just read the forum post a minute ago and noticed the difference in the utf8 vs utf-8. Terre