How to translate the localhosts database name and connect remotely in php / mysql

Question

I have a remote server. This code works when I'm directly on the server. (username / pass changed..). The URL is myuniversity.edu/myfolder

I think I want to change it to myuniversity.edu/foo/bar .. but that doesn't work. So how would I translate the name of the database? My research on google isn't turning up anything helpful. My specific folder shouldn't be a factor as many other students connect with the exact some code.

function dbConnect()
{
    $serverName = 'foo\bar';
    $uName = 'un';
    $pWord = '***';
    $db = 'RWS';

    try
    {
       //instantiate a PDO object and set connection properties

       $conn = new PDO("sqlsrv:Server=$serverName; Database=$db", $uName, $pWord,
       array(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION));

       //return connection object

       return $conn;
    }
   catch (PDOException $e)
   {
       // if connection fails
       die('Connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
   }
}

Answer 1

change myuniversity.edu/foo/bar to myuniversity.edu/server=foo&name=bar

then change

$serverName = 'foo\\bar'; to

$serverName = $_GET['server']+$_GET['name'];

i seems in your code that folder directing would not give you a variable to be read by php...hope this would give you an idea