implemented database, article cards, and parsing from markdown.

functions/functions.php

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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Reads in file contents and stores as a single string.
+ */
+function read_file_one_string($file_path)
+{
+    $fs = fopen($file_path, 'r');
+    $string = fread($fs, filesize($file_path));
+    return $string;
+}
+
+function pretty_dump($arr)
+{
+    return '
+    <pre>
+        ' . print_r($arr) . '
+    </pre>
+    ';
+}