PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false, ]); } catch (PDOException $e) { (new Logger('db'))->error('Database connection failed', ['error' => $e->getMessage()]); http_response_code(503); die(json_encode(['success' => false, 'message' => 'Database connection error.'])); } return $pdo;