diff --git a/03/01_lab_review/car.php b/03/01_lab_review/car.php
index e69de29..36f0539 100644
--- a/03/01_lab_review/car.php
+++ b/03/01_lab_review/car.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php 
+class Car {
+    //properties 
+    public string $make;
+    public string $model;
+    public int $year; 
+
+    //constructor function 
+    public function __construct(string $make, string $model, int $year) {
+        //$this refers to the current instance of the object 
+        //these assignments bind the incoming arguments to the object's properties 
+        $this->make = $make; 
+        $this->model = $model;
+        $this->year = $year; 
+    }
+
+    //method 
+    public function getCar() : string {
+        return "Make : {$this->make} | Model: {$this->model} | Year : {$this->year}";
+
+    }
+}
+//create a new car object 
+$car = new Car("Honda", "Civic", 2010);
+
+//cal the getCar() method and echo/display in browser
+echo $car->getCar(); 
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diff --git a/03/01_lab_review/connect.php b/03/01_lab_review/connect.php
index e69de29..20e1ad8 100644
--- a/03/01_lab_review/connect.php
+++ b/03/01_lab_review/connect.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+//store db connection info in a variable 
+$host = "localhost"; //hostname
+$db = "lab_one";
+$user = "root"; 
+$pword = ""; 
+//data source name - type of db, location and db name 
+$dsn = "mysql:host=$host;dbname=$db";
+
+//what we want to happen 
+try {
+    $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pword);
+    $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+    echo "<p> YAY Connected! </p>";
+}
+//this is what happens when things go wrong 
+catch (PDOException $e) {
+    //stop the script and display a helpful error message
+    die ("Database connection failed: " .$e->getMessage()); 
+}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/03/01_lab_review/index.php b/03/01_lab_review/index.php
index a791145..f769927 100644
--- a/03/01_lab_review/index.php
+++ b/03/01_lab_review/index.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php 
-
+require "connect.php";
 /* 
 
 Lab One Instructions: 
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 */ 
 
 require "header.php";
-require "connect.php";  
 echo "<p> Follow the instructions outlined in instructions.txt to complete this lab. Good luck & have fun!😀 </p>";
 include "car.php"; 
 require "footer.php"; 
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diff --git a/03/02_fix_this_code/index.php b/03/02_fix_this_code/index.php
index 19aa44c..0300d50 100644
--- a/03/02_fix_this_code/index.php
+++ b/03/02_fix_this_code/index.php
@@ -4,21 +4,18 @@
 error_reporting(E_ALL);
 
 
-$host = "localhost"
-
+$host = "localhost";
 $dbname = "week_two";
 $username = "root";
 $password = "";
 
-$dsn = "mysql:host=$hostdbname=$dbname";
+$dsn = "mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname";
 
 try {
-    
-    $pdo = new PDO($dsn $username,);
-    $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE PDO::ERRMODE_SILENT);
-
-    echo "Connected to database!";
-
-catch (PDOException $e {
-    echo "Database error: " . $e
+    $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $username, $password);
+    $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+    echo "<p>Connected to a database ! </p>"; 
+}
+catch (PDOException $e){
+    echo "Database error: " . $e->getMessage(); 
 }