PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false, ]; try { $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, $options); } catch (\PDOException $e) { throw new \PDOException($e->getMessage(), (int)$e->getCode()); } $email = 'reviewer@musadaq.jo'; $stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = ?"); $stmt->execute([$email]); $user = $stmt->fetch(); if ($user) { echo "User found:\n"; print_r($user); } else { echo "User NOT found.\n"; }