error connecting to MYSQL
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> Here is the config.php file

    <?php
    
    error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
    
    /*=========== Database Configuraiton ==========*/
    
    $db_host = "localhost";
    $db_user = "test";
    $db_pass = "test";
    $db_name = "dbtest";
    
    
    /*=========== Website Configuration ==========*/
    
    $defaultTitle = 'testing';
    $defaultFooter = date('Y').' &copy; testing';
    
    ?>

>Here is the reference to config.php

    <?php
    
      
    require_once "includes/config.php";
    require_once "includes/connect.php";
    require_once "includes/helpers.php";
        
    
       
    header('Cache-Control: max-age=3600, public');
    header('Pragma: cache');
    header("Last-Modified: ".gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s",time())." GMT");
    header("Expires: ".gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s",time()+3600)." GMT");
    
    ?>
Connect.php is below

    <?php
    
    /*
        	The login details are taken from config.php.
    */
    
    try {
    	$db = new PDO(
    		"mysql:host=$db_host;dbname=$db_name;charset=UTF-8",
    		$db_user,
    		$db_pass
    	);
    	
        $db->query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
    	$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
    }
    catch(PDOException $e) {
    	error_log($e->getMessage());
    	die("A database error was encountered");
    }
    
    
    ?>

> Does anyone see the problem with this code?  I am getting the error message from connect.php "a database error was encountered"  I need another set of eyes because all my info looks correct and I can't see the error in the code.  Thanks.