PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false, PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_DIRECT_QUERY => true, ]; $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, $options); $stmt = $pdo->query("SELECT name FROM tables WHERE name = 'tables'"); foreach ($stmt as $row) { echo $row["name"] . "\n"; } ?>