GET data from a MySQL database with PHP using PDO and MySQLi

gistfile1.php

<?php
// Be sure to input YOUR database details below
// Watch the associated videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLs69n7Q4dCx5_7ZwnxTymH8X0iRP_2vw

$db_user = 'DB USERNAME HERE';
$db_pass = 'DB PASSWORD HERE';
$db_name = 'DB NAME HERE';
$db_host = 'localhost';

// MySQLi
$mysqli = new mysqli($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name);

if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", $mysqli->connect_error);
    exit();
}

$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM objects");

while($row = $result->fetch_object()) {
	$results[] = $row;
}

print_r($results);

$result->close();

// PDO
//try {
//	$conn = new PDO("mysql:host={$db_host};dbname={$db_name}", $db_user, $db_pass);
//    $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
//	$query = $conn->query("SELECT ID, post_title, post_date FROM objects ORDER BY post_date");
//	
//	while($row = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
//		$results[] = $row;
//	}
//	
//	print_r($results);
//} catch(PDOException $e) {
//    echo 'ERROR: ' . $e->getMessage();
//}