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<?php
 try {
 $host = "localhost";
 $dbname = "z_phpcms"; // z_blogcms  z_cleanblog
 $user = "root";
 $pass = "";
 
 $conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname", $user, $pass);
 $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
 } catch(PDOException $e) {
 echo $e->getMessage();
 }
 
 
 // if($conn == true) {
 //     echo "conn works fine";
 // } else {
 //     echo "conn err";
 // }
 
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