diff --git a/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/.env.sample b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/.env.sample
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+ # Database
+
+    DB_HOSTNAME =""
+    DB_USERNAME =""
+    DB_PASSWORD =""
+    DB_NAME =""
diff --git a/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/.gitignore b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/.gitignore
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+.env
+
+composer.lock
+
+vendor
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diff --git a/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/API(s) collection & examples.txt b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/API(s) collection & examples.txt
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+++ b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/API(s) collection & examples.txt	
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+https://www.postman.com/skytechuniversal/workspace/edy-at-dufuna/collection/19239115-e62da646-2f4e-4835-98b4-7cd50af400b7?action=share&creator=19239115
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diff --git a/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/app/controllers/ArticlesController.php b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/app/controllers/ArticlesController.php
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+<?php
+
+    namespace App\Controller;
+    
+    use DB\DB;
+    // use PDOException;
+    use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
+    use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface as Request;
+
+    class ArticlesController{
+
+        private $db;
+
+        public function __construct(){
+
+            $this->db = (new DB())->connect();
+        }
+
+        public function published(Request $request, Response $response){
+
+            try{
+                $query = $this->db->prepare("SELECT * FROM articles WHERE status = 1");
+                $query ->execute();
+                $articles = $query->fetchAll();
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode($articles));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(200); 
+            } catch (PDOException $ex) {
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['error'=>$ex->getMessage()]));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(500); 
+            }
+        }
+
+        public function article(Request $request, Response $response, $args){
+
+            $id = $args['id'];
+
+            try{
+                $query = $this->db->prepare("SELECT * FROM articles WHERE id = :id");
+                $query->bindParam(':id',$id);
+                $query->execute();
+                $articles = $query->fetch();
+                if(!$articles){
+                    $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['error'=>'Sorry, article not found!']));
+                    return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(404); 
+                }
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode($articles));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(200); 
+            } catch (PDOException $ex) {
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['error'=>$ex->getMessage()]));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(500); 
+            }
+        }
+
+        public function Add_article(Request $request, Response $response, $args){
+
+            $requestData = $request->getParsedBody();
+
+            $title = $requestData['title'];
+            $discription = $requestData['discription'];
+            $status = 0;
+            $created_by = $requestData['created_by'];
+            $created_at = Date('Y-m-d H:l:s');
+
+            $sql = "INSERT INTO articles (title, discription, status, created_by, created_at) VALUES (:title, :discription, :status, :created_by, :created_at)";
+
+
+            try{
+                $query = $this->db->prepare($sql);
+                $query->bindParam(':title',$title);
+                $query->bindParam(':discription',$discription);
+                $query->bindParam(':status',$status);
+                $query->bindParam(':created_by',$created_by);
+                $query->bindParam(':created_at',$created_at);
+                $query->execute();
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['message'=>'Successfull!']));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(200); 
+            } catch (PDOException $ex) {
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['error'=>$ex->getMessage()]));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(500); 
+            }
+        }
+
+        public function modify(Request $request, Response $response, $args){
+
+            $requestData = $request->getParsedBody();
+
+            $id = $args['id'];
+
+            $title = $requestData['title'];
+            $discription = $requestData['discription'];
+            $created_by = $requestData['created_by'];
+            $created_at = Date('Y-m-d H:l:s');
+
+            try{
+                $query = $this->db->prepare("UPDATE articles SET title = :title, discription = :discription, created_by = :created_by, created_at = :created_at WHERE id = :id");
+                $query->bindParam(':id',$id);
+                $query->bindParam(':title',$title);
+                $query->bindParam(':discription',$discription);
+                $query->bindParam(':created_by',$created_by);
+                $query->bindParam(':created_at',$created_at);
+                $query->execute();
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['message'=>'Successfull!']));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(200); 
+            } catch (PDOException $ex) {
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['error'=>$ex->getMessage()]));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(500); 
+            }
+        }
+
+        public function publish(Request $request, Response $response, $args){
+
+            $requestData = $request->getParsedBody();
+            
+            $id = $args['id'];
+
+            $status = $requestData['status'];
+
+
+            try{
+                $query = $this->db->prepare("UPDATE articles SET status = :status WHERE id=:id");
+                $query->bindParam(':id',$id);
+                $query->bindParam(':status',$status);
+                $query->execute();
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['message'=>'Successfull!']));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(200); 
+            } catch (PDOException $ex) {
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['error'=>$ex->getMessage()]));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(500); 
+            }
+        }
+
+        public function del(Request $request, Response $response, $args){
+
+            $id = $args['id'];
+
+            try{
+                $query = $this->db->prepare("DELETE FROM articles WHERE id = $id");
+                $query->execute();
+                $articles = $query;
+                if(!$articles){
+                    $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['error'=>'Sorry, article not found!']));
+                    return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(404); 
+                }
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['message'=>'article was successfully deleted']));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(200); 
+            } catch (PDOException $ex) {
+                $response->getBody()->write(json_encode(['error'=>$ex->getMessage()]));
+                return $response->withHeader('CONTENT-TYPE', 'application/json')->withStatus(500); 
+            }
+        }
+    }
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diff --git a/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/app/middleware/jsonBody.php b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/app/middleware/jsonBody.php
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+++ b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/app/middleware/jsonBody.php
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+<?php
+
+    namespace App\Middleware;
+
+    use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as response;
+    use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface as request;
+    use Psr\Http\Server\MiddlewareInterface as Middleware;
+    use Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface as Rhandler;
+
+    class jsonBody implements Middleware{
+
+        public function process(request $request, Rhandler $handler): response{
+
+            $contentType = $request->getHeaderLine('Content-Type');
+
+            if (strstr($contentType, "application/json")){
+
+                $contents = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
+
+                if(json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE){
+
+                    $request = $request->withParsedBody($contents);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return $handler->handle($request);
+        }
+    };
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diff --git a/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/bootstrap/app.php b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/bootstrap/app.php
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+++ b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/bootstrap/app.php
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+<?php
+
+    use Slim\Factory\AppFactory;
+    use Dotenv\Dotenv;
+
+    require __DIR__  . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+    $dotenv = Dotenv::createImmutable (__DIR__ . '../../');
+    $dotenv->load();
+
+    # Insternsiasion
+    $app = AppFactory::create();    
+
+    
+    require __DIR__ . './../routes/api.php';
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diff --git a/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/composer.json b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/composer.json
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+++ b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "dufunaslim/task",
+    "description": "php slim api task",
+    "require": {
+        "slim/slim": "4.*",
+        "slim/psr7": "^1.5",
+        "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.4"
+    },
+
+    "autoload":{
+        "psr-4": {
+            "DB\\":"database",
+            "App\\Controller\\": "app/Controllers",
+            "App\\Middleware\\": "app/middleware"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/database/DB.php b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/database/DB.php
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+++ b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/database/DB.php
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+<?php
+
+    namespace DB;
+
+    use PDO;
+
+    class DB {
+        private $dbHostname;
+        private $dbUsername;
+        private $dbPassword;
+        private $dbName;
+
+        public function __construct(){
+
+            $this->dbHostname = $_ENV['DB_HOSTNAME']; 
+            
+            $this->dbUsername = $_ENV['DB_USERNAME']; 
+
+            $this->dbPassword = $_ENV['DB_PASSWORD']; 
+
+            $this->dbName = $_ENV['DB_NAME']; 
+        }
+
+        public function connect(){
+
+            $connectionString = "mysql:host={$this->dbHostname};dbname={$this->dbName}";
+            $pdo = new PDO($connectionString, $this->dbUsername, $this->dbPassword);
+            $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+            $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE, PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+            return $pdo;
+
+        }
+
+    }
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diff --git a/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/public/index.php b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/public/index.php
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+++ b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/public/index.php
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+<?php
+
+    use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
+    use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface as Request;
+
+    require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/app.php';
+
+    $app->get('/', function ( Request $request, Response $response ){
+        $response->getBody()->write("<div style=' height:100vh; position: relative; top: 25em; display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column; align-items: center; position: relative; top: 13em;' >
+        <h1>WELCOME</h1>
+        <p>to</p>
+        <h2>Edy's Articles</h2>
+        It works thus far!!!</div>");
+        return $response;
+    });
+    
+    $app->run();
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diff --git a/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/routes/api.php b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/routes/api.php
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+++ b/submissions/edwinNgoma/php_slim/routes/api.php
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+<?php
+
+    use Slim\Routing\RouteCollectorProxy as proxy;
+    use App\Controller\ArticlesController;
+    use App\Middleware\jsonBody;
+
+    $app->group('/api', function(proxy $group){
+        $group->get('/articles', ArticlesController::class . ":published");
+
+        $group->get('/articles/{id}', ArticlesController::class . ":article");
+
+        $group->post('/add', ArticlesController::class . ":Add_article")
+            ->add(new jsonBody());
+
+        $group->put('/modify/{id}', ArticlesController::class . ":modify")
+             ->add(new jsonBody());
+
+        $group->put('/publish/{id}', ArticlesController::class . ":publish")
+            ->add(new jsonBody());
+
+        $group->delete('/delete/{id}', ArticlesController::class . ":del");
+    });
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