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includes/sql.php

@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 <?php
-function get_article_cards() {
-  
+// 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'];
+     * }
+     */
 }
-?>