Post_Prayer.php

<?php
      try{
            if(!empty($_POST['prayer']) && !empty($_POST['userID'])){
        
            $prayer = $_POST['prayer'];
            $userID = $_POST['userID'];
      
            $charset = 'utf8';
            $host = "us-cdbr-azure-east-c.cloudapp.net";
            $user = "bddfe4567fcee0";
            $pass = "aaa47743";
            $db = "uncwesley";
            $dsn = "mysql:host=$host;dbname=$db;charset=$charset";
            $opt = [
                  PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE            => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
                  PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
                  PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES   => false,
            ];
            $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, $opt);
       
            $query = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO uncwesley.prayers (senderID, content, prayerDate) VALUES( ?,?, NOW() )");
            $query->execute([$userID, $prayer]); 
            
            $result["success"] = true;
            }
            else{
                  $result["success"] = false;
            }
      }
      catch(Exception $e){
            $result["success"] = false;
      }
      
      echo json_encode($result);
      
      
?>