<select name="State">
    <option value="0" selected="selected">Select a State</option>
    <option value="AL">Alabama</option>
    <option value="AK">Alaska</option>

<select name="State">
    <option value="0" selected="selected">Select a State</option>
    <option value="AL">Alabama</option>
    <option value="AK">Alaska</option>

<?php
// visit http://php.net/pdo for more details
// start error handling

try 
{
  // connect
  $pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=name', 'name', 'password');
  // enable error handling through exceptions
  $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

<?php
// visit http://php.net/pdo for more details
// start error handling

try 
{
  // connect
  $pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=name', 'user', 'pass');
  // enable error handling through exceptions
  $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,

<?php
// visit http://php.net/pdo for more details
// start error handling

try 
{
  // connect
  $pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=name', 'user', 'pass');
  // enable error handling through exceptions
  $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
  // create safe query
  $query = $pdo->prepare("SELECT

<?php
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
     
    // EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED
    $email_to = "1stoptutorials@gmail.com";
    $email_subject = "This is a test";
     
     
    function died($error) {
        // your error

 mail("email@gmail.com", "database error", $e->getMessage(), "From: email@gmail.com");

SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

$query = $pdo->prepare("SELECT ip FROM vincer WHERE state = ? ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 1");

<select name="State">
<option value="0" selected="selected">Select a State</option>
<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option value="AK">Alaska</option>
<option value="AZ">Arizona</option>
<option value="AR">Arkansas</option>

<select name="State">
<option value="0" selected="selected">Select a State</option>
<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option value="AK">Alaska</option>
<option value="AZ">Arizona</option>

<select name="State">
<option value="0" selected="selected">Select a State</option>
<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option