Can't Connect to a Database on IPOWER hosting - PHP / MySQL - php

Please help me connect to a DB - I need to get this to work:
<?php
require_once 'general.php';
try {
$db = new PDO('mysql:host=account.ipowermysql.com;dbname=zipcodes', 'user', 'password');
$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE, PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
print 'Oh SNAP ... Error!: ' . $e->getMessage() . '<br/>';
die();
}
If i run it as is, i get a 500 error page.
If I add ?> at the end, I get a blank page.
If I run "DB-connect" code generated by IPOWER it works.
IPOWER generated code:
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('account.ipowermysql.com', 'user', 'password');
if (!$link) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_select_db(zipcodes);
?>
I guess the server is configured not to show PHP errors, but a 500 error page instead...
PS - here is general.php code:
<?php
error_reporting(0);
#ob_start();
session_start();
function echo_session($arg) {
if(isset($_SESSION[$arg])) {
return $_SESSION[$arg];
} else {
return '';
}
}
PS2 - original code (at the top) works on GoDaddy and MediaTemple ... it's something with IPOWER ...
I'm a noob and I need this to work, but don't know how to.
Please help

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