diff --git a/examples/php-example.php b/examples/php-example.php
index 381359f6..20d36b49 100644
--- a/examples/php-example.php
+++ b/examples/php-example.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?
+<?php
 
 #
 # Example PHP server-side script for generating
@@ -6,16 +6,23 @@
 #
 
 # Connect to the database
-mysql_pconnect("host", "username", "password") or die("Could not connect");
-mysql_select_db("database") or die("Could not select database");
-
+try{
+$dbh = new PDO('mysql:host=host;dbname=database,user,password');
+}
+catch(PDOException $e){
+    echo $e->getMessage();
+}
 # Perform the query
-$query = sprintf("SELECT id, name from mytable WHERE name LIKE '%%%s%%' ORDER BY popularity DESC LIMIT 10", mysql_real_escape_string($_GET["q"]));
+$query = sprintf("SELECT id, name from mytable WHERE name LIKE '%%%s%%' ORDER BY popularity DESC LIMIT 10", 
+mysql_real_escape_string($_GET["q"]));
+
+$stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT id, name from mytable WHERE name LIKE ? ORDER BY popularity DESC LIMIT 10");
+$stmt->bindValue(1,'%%%'.htmlspecialchars($_GET["q"]).'%%%');
+$stmt->execute();
 $arr = array();
-$rs = mysql_query($query);
 
 # Collect the results
-while($obj = mysql_fetch_object($rs)) {
+while($obj = $stmt->stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
     $arr[] = $obj;
 }