<?php
function openConnection() {
  $dataAccess = parse_ini_file("phpCourse/configs/db.ini", true);
  
  $db = new PDO("mysql:host=" . $dataAccess["ZEDAT"]["host"] . 
  ";dbname=" . $dataAccess["ZEDAT"]["database"] . ";charset=utf8", 
  $dataAccess["ZEDAT"]["user"], $dataAccess["ZEDAT"]["passwd"], 
  array(PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => false));
  
  $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
  $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false);
  
  return $db;
}
?>