(refactor): changed connection.php credentials into .env

htdocs/core/connection.php

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+//Collect Database info
+$hostname = $_ENV['DB_HOST'];
+$username = $_ENV['DB_USER'];
+$password = $_ENV['DB_PASS'];
+$database = $_ENV['DB_NAME'];
+
+//Connect with Database
+$conn = new mysqli($hostname, $username, $password, $database);
+
+if ($conn -> connect_error) {
+     die("Database Connection Failed !" . $conn->connect_error);
+    }
+    echo "";
+?>

htdocs/core/handle_contact.php

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 require 'vendor/autoload.php';
-require '../../connection.php';
+$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable('../../');
+$dotenv->load();
+
+require 'connection.php';
 require 'query_functions.php';
 
 use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
 use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;
 use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;
 
-$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable('../../');
-$dotenv->load();
-
 function form_input_filter($conn, $data){
     $data = trim($data);
     $data = stripslashes($data);

htdocs/core/handle_search.php

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <?php
-require '../../connection.php';
+require 'vendor/autoload.php';
+$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable('../../');
+$dotenv->load();
+
+require 'connection.php';
 require 'query_functions.php';
 
 function input_filter($conn, $data){