From a4ba41c9c8d9b17e8fe2a7f15ba3a880dbc823a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hamza-Ayed <hamzaayedflutter@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 19:48:26 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Update: 2026-05-14 19:48:26

---
 backend/config/db.php | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/config/db.php b/backend/config/db.php
index 4dde6c7..363a3e3 100644
--- a/backend/config/db.php
+++ b/backend/config/db.php
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
 use Dotenv\Dotenv;
 
-// Load environment variables from .env (located in the project root)
-$dotenv = Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/../..');
-try {
-    $dotenv->load();
-} catch (Exception $e) {
-    // If .env is missing, we continue and rely on system env or defaults
-}
+// Load environment variables from .env (located one level above the project root)
+$dotenv = Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/../../..');
+$dotenv->load();
 
 $host = $_ENV['DB_HOST'] ?? 'localhost';
 $dbname = $_ENV['DB_NAME'] ?? 'jordan_bot_db';
@@ -25,7 +21,7 @@ try {
 } catch (PDOException $e) {
     // In production, you should log this error and show a generic message
     http_response_code(500);
-    echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'message' => 'Database connection failed']);
+    echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'message' => 'Database connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage()]);
     exit;
 }
 ?>