// Initializing connection data.
$host_db = 'localhost';
$name_db = 'article_db';
$user_db = 'username';
$pass_db = 'password';
try {
// Connecting using the PDO object.
$connection = new PDO("mysql:host=$host_db; dbname=$name_db", $user_db, $pass_db);
// Setting the query and runnin it...
$sql = "SELECT * FROM `article` WHERE `category` = 5 ORDER BY 3";
$result = $connection->query($sql);
// Iterating over the data and printing it.
foreach($result as $row) {
echo $row['id']. ' - '. $row['name']. ' - '. $row['category']. ' - '. $row['editor']. '<br />';
}
// Closing the connection.
$connection = null;
}
// Catching it if something went wrong.
catch(PDOException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}