I am getting Fatal error when I try to install vanillaforums?

AFN

I am getting Fatal error when I try to install vanillaforums?

Fatal error: Class 'PDO' not found in /home/a8669056/public_html/conf/config.php on line 16

So I try removing this text:

$Configuration['Database']['ConnectionOptions'] = array(
PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => True,
1000 => True, // PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY is missing in some php installations
1002 => "set names 'utf8'" // PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND is missing in PHP 5.3, so I use the actual value "1002" instead
);

but then I get this errors

* You must have the PDO module enabled in PHP in order for Vanilla to connect to your database.
* You must have the MySQL driver for PDO enabled in order for Vanilla to connect to your database.

Is their someway around this, so I can use Vanillaforims?

When this was created why did you require PDO to be enabled, is this to protect the code like Iconcube?

I am using 000webhost.com, the php info is at http://server20.000webhost.com/phpinfo.php

Tim

Vanilla has required PDO since day 1. There is no way around it.

Tim

Vanilla has required PDO since day 1. There is no way around it.

AFN

What is the point of it and does it do exactly?
Is it like Iconcube to protect the source code?

Tim

This is something you could have typed into google. How about you do that.