diff --git a/db-start/composer.json b/db-start/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "violet/db-start",
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "Violet\\DbStart\\": "src/"
+        }
+    },
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Joshua Ashton",
+            "email": "joshuatashton+dev@gmail.com"
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.6"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/db-start/css/.gitkeep b/db-start/css/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/db-start/css/styles.css b/db-start/css/styles.css
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diff --git a/db-start/img/.gitkeep b/db-start/img/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/db-start/includes/.gitkeep b/db-start/includes/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/db-start/index.php b/db-start/index.php
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+<?php
+require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__);
+$dotenv->safeLoad();
+$db_pass = $_ENV['DATABASE_PASSWORD'];
+
+// Make some constants
+if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == 'localhost') {
+    define('HOST', 'localhost');
+    define('USER', 'root');
+    define('PASS', $db_pass);
+    define('DB', 'palindromes');
+} else {
+    define('HOST', 'cs2440.joshashton.dev');
+    define('USER', 'root');
+    define('PASS', $db_pass);
+    define('DB', 'palindromes');
+}
+
+// Connect to the DB
+$conn = mysqli_connect(HOST, USER, PASS, DB);
+
+// Write a DB query
+$sql = 'SELECT * FROM palindrome;';
+
+// Run DB query
+$results = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
+
+// Loop through data
+while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($results, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
+    echo $row['phrase'] . '<br>';
+};
+?>
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diff --git a/db-start/js/index.js b/db-start/js/index.js
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diff --git a/db-start/pal.sql b/db-start/pal.sql
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+-------------------------- copy and paste to your local mysql server -------------------------------
+drop database if exists palindromes;
+create database palindromes;
+use palindromes;
+create table palindrome (id int auto_increment primary key, phrase varchar(255));
+insert into palindrome (phrase) values ('race car'), ('bob'), ('senile felines'), ('stack cats');
+select * from palindrome;
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+---------------------------- copy and paste to your remote server ----------------------------------
+create table palindrome (id int auto_increment primary key, phrase varchar(255));
+insert into palindrome (phrase) values ('race car'), ('bob'), ('senile felines'), ('stack cats');
+select * from palindrome;
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/db-test/composer.json b/db-test/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "violet/db-start",
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "Violet\\DbStart\\": "src/"
+        }
+    },
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Joshua Ashton",
+            "email": "joshuatashton+dev@gmail.com"
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.6"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/db-test/css/styles.css b/db-test/css/styles.css
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diff --git a/db-test/includes/.gitkeep b/db-test/includes/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/db-test/index.php b/db-test/index.php
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+<?php
+require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__);
+$dotenv->safeLoad();
+$db_pass = $_ENV['DATABASE_PASSWORD'];
+$ip_addr = $_ENV['IP_ADDRESS'];
+
+// Make some constants
+<<<<<<< HEAD:db-test/index.php
+if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == 'localhost') {
+    define('HOST', 'localhost');
+    define('USER', 'root');
+    define('PASS', $db_pass);
+    define('DB', 'palindromes');
+} else {
+    define('HOST', $ip_addr);
+    define('USER', 'root');
+    define('PASS', $db_pass);
+    define('DB', 'palindromes');
+}
+=======
+define('HOST', '173.255.248.228');
+define('USER', 'root');
+define('PASS', $db_pass);
+define('DB', 'palindromes');
+>>>>>>> b805261 (localhost and server configuration are the same.):db-start/index.php
+
+// Connect to the DB
+$conn = mysqli_connect(HOST, USER, PASS, DB);
+
+// Write a DB query
+$sql = 'SELECT * FROM palindrome;';
+
+// Run DB query
+$results = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
+
+// Loop through data
+while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($results, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
+    echo $row['phrase'] . '<br>';
+};
+?>
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diff --git a/db-test/pal.sql b/db-test/pal.sql
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+-------------------------- copy and paste to your local mysql server -------------------------------
+drop database if exists palindromes;
+create database palindromes;
+use palindromes;
+create table palindrome (id int auto_increment primary key, phrase varchar(255));
+insert into palindrome (phrase) values ('race car'), ('bob'), ('senile felines'), ('stack cats');
+select * from palindrome;
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+---------------------------- copy and paste to your remote server ----------------------------------
+create table palindrome (id int auto_increment primary key, phrase varchar(255));
+insert into palindrome (phrase) values ('race car'), ('bob'), ('senile felines'), ('stack cats');
+select * from palindrome;
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------