try {
$this->connection = @new PDO($connect, $user, $pass, [PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => $persistent]);
$this->connection->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, $this->pdo_emulate_prepares);
try {
$this->connection = @new PDO($connect, $user, $pass, [PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => $persistent]);
$this->connection->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, $this->pdo_emulate_prepares);