<?php $dsn = 'mysql:dbname=test;host=localhost'; $user = 'root'; $password = ''; try{ $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password); $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false); $sql = 'select blog_id, blog_name from blogs where blog_name like ?'; $stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql); $stmt->execute(array('%my%')); }catch (PDOException $e){