created basic DB structure and accessing db

includes/components/nav.php

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+$nav = '
+  <nav>
+    <ul>
+      <li><a href="home.php">Home</a></li>
+      <li><a href="account.php">Account</a></li>
+      <li><a href="admin.php">Admin</a></li>
+      <li><a href="articles.php">Articles</a></li>
+    </ul>
+  </nav>
+';
+
+echo $nav;

includes/functions.php

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+include_once ('includes/sql.php');
+
+function login($username, $password_hash) {}

includes/sql.php

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/..');
 $dotenv->safeLoad();
 
 // Use environment variables for the database password and IP address.
-// $db_user = $_ENV['DATABASE_USER'];
+$db_user = $_ENV['DATABASE_USER'];
 $db_pass = $_ENV['DATABASE_PASSWORD'];
 
 define('HOST', 'localhost');
-define('USER', 'root');
+define('USER', $db_user);
 define('PASS', $db_pass);
 define('DB', 'vintagecodingdotnet');
 
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ function get_article_cards()
 {
     $conn = mysqli_connect(HOST, USER, PASS, DB);
 
-    /*
-     * $query = 'SELECT * FROM articles;';
-     *
-     * $results = mysqli_query($conn, $query);
-     * while ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($results)) {
-     *     echo $row['article_name'];
-     * }
-     */
+    $query = 'SELECT * FROM accounts;';
+
+    $results = mysqli_query($conn, $query);
+    echo '<pre>';
+    while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($results)) {
+        print_r($row);
+        echo '<br>';
+    }
+    echo '</pre>';
 }