<?php
// phpdotenv initialization
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/..');
$dotenv->safeLoad();

// Use environment variables for the database password and IP address.
// $db_user = $_ENV['DATABASE_USER'];
$db_pass = $_ENV['DATABASE_PASSWORD'];

define('HOST', 'localhost');
define('USER', 'root');
define('PASS', $db_pass);
define('DB', 'vintagecodingdotnet');

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'];
     * }
     */
}