// db_connection.php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "bric_main";
$password = "JNjuPkVyjCZnltip";
$dbname = "bric_main";

try {
    $conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname;charset=utf8", $username, $password);
    // Set PDO to throw exceptions for errors
    $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
    error_log("Database connection failed: " . $e->getMessage());
    die("Database connection error.");
}