basic functions simplified

libs/load.php

 <?php
-include_once 'includes/Session.class.php';
-include_once 'includes/Mic.class.php';
-include_once 'includes/User.class.php';
-include_once 'includes/Database.class.php';
-include_once 'includes/UserSession.class.php';
+ include_once 'includes/Session.class.php';
+ include_once 'includes/User.class.php';
+ include_once 'includes/Database.class.php';
+ include_once 'includes/UserSession.class.php';
 
-global $__site_config;
-// global $__base_path;
-//Note: Change this path if you run this code outside lab.
-/*
-Note: Location of configuration
-in lab : /home/user/phtogramconfig.json
-in server: /var/www/photogramconfig.json
-*/
-$__site_config_path = dirname(is_link($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) ? readlink($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) : $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']).'/photogramconfig.json';
-$__site_config = file_get_contents($__site_config_path);
-// $__base_path = get_config('base_path');
-Session::start();
+    function load_template($template) {
+        $templatePath = __DIR__."/../_templates/$template.php";
+        if (file_exists($templatePath)) {
+            include "$templatePath";
+        } else {
+            die("Template not found: $templatePath");
+        }
+    };
 
-function get_config($key, $default=null)
-{
-    global $__site_config;
-    $array = json_decode($__site_config, true);
-    if (isset($array[$key])) {
-        return $array[$key];
-    } else {
-        return $default;
-    }
-}
+    function get_config($key){
+        $configPath = __DIR__."/../photogramconfig.json";
+        $json = file_get_contents($configPath);
+        if (file_exists($configPath)){
+            $array = json_decode($json, true);
+            if (isset($array[$key])) {
+                return $array[$key];
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }else{
+            die("File Not Found: $configPath");
+        }
+        
 
-function load_template($name)
-{
-    include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . get_config('base_path'). "_templates/$name.php"; //not consistant.
-}
 
-function validate_credentials($username, $password)
-{
+    }
+    
+    function validate_credentials($username, $password){
     if ($username == "sibi@selfmade.ninja" and $password == "password") {
         return true;
     } else {
         return false;
     }
-}
+    }
+   
+
+    
+?>
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