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models/Articles.php

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+<?php
+class Articles {	
+   
+	private $postTable = 'articles';
+	private $categoryTable = 'categories';
+	private $userTable = 'users';
+	private $conn;
+	
+	public function __construct($db){
+        $this->conn = $db;
+    }	    
+	
+	public function getArticles(){
+		$query = '';
+		if($this->id) {		
+			$query = " AND p.id ='".$this->id."'";
+		}
+		$sqlQuery = "
+			SELECT p.id, p.title, p.message, p.category_id, u.first_name, u.last_name, p.status, p.created, p.updated, c.name as category
+			FROM ".$this->postTable." p
+			LEFT JOIN ".$this->categoryTable." c ON c.id = p.category_id
+			LEFT JOIN ".$this->userTable." u ON u.id = p.userid
+			WHERE p.status ='published' $query ORDER BY p.id DESC";
+			
+		$stmt = $this->conn->prepare($sqlQuery);		
+		$stmt->execute();
+		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();	
+		return $result;
+	}
+	
+	function formatMessage($string, $wordsreturned) {
+		$retval = $string;  //  Just in case of a problem
+		$array = explode(" ", $string);
+		if (count($array)<=$wordsreturned){
+			$retval = $string;
+		}else{
+			array_splice($array, $wordsreturned);
+			$retval = implode(" ", $array)." ...";
+		}
+		return $retval;
+	}
+	
+	public function totalPost(){		
+		$sqlQuery = "SELECT * FROM ".$this->postTable;			
+		$stmt = $this->conn->prepare($sqlQuery);			
+		$stmt->execute();
+		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();
+		return $result->num_rows;	
+	}	
+}
+?>