Complete Phase 1: MVC, DB migrations, Auth, RBAC, Security, and Views

app/Services/Database/Connection.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services\Database;
+
+use PDO;
+use Exception;
+
+class Connection
+{
+    private ?PDO $pdo = null;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $config = require __DIR__ . '/../../../config/database.php';
+        
+        $dsn = sprintf(
+            "mysql:host=%s;port=%s;dbname=%s;charset=%s",
+            $config['host'],
+            $config['port'],
+            $config['database'],
+            $config['charset']
+        );
+
+        try {
+            $this->pdo = new PDO($dsn, $config['username'], $config['password'], [
+                PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
+                PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
+                PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false,
+            ]);
+        } catch (\PDOException $e) {
+            throw new Exception("Database connection failed: " . $e->getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get active PDO instance.
+     */
+    public function getPdo(): PDO
+    {
+        return $this->pdo;
+    }
+}