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) { http_response_code(500); echo json_encode(['error' => 'Database connection failed']); exit; } $query = $pdo->query('SELECT id, first_name, last_name FROM users'); $users = $query->fetchAll(); echo json_encode($users);