public function addCategory()
{
// Get category name from PARAMS
$categoryName = $this->f3->get('PARAMS.name');
// setup result object
$result = array('success' => false, 'status' => '', 'message' => '', 'records' => array());
// Check if category name already exists
$category = new Category($this->db);
$existingCategory = $category->filterByName($categoryName);
if ($existingCategory >= 1) {
$result[status] = 'error';
$result[message] = 'Category name already exists';
} else {
// try insert
$this->f3->set('POST.categoryName', $categoryName);
$category->add();
// Change status and message
$result[status] = 'success';
$result[success] = true;
$result[message] = 'Successfully added new category';
// return new set of categories for client
$categories = $category->all();
foreach ($categories as $category) {
$result[records][] = array('id' => $category->categoryId, 'text' => $category->categoryName);
}
}
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo json_encode($result, JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK);
exit;
}
