$item = new Item();
$itemid = $app->request->post('itemid');
$item = $item->getItem($itemid);
$item = json_decode($item);
//check that item exists//
if ($item->success) {
$ticket = new Ticket();
$item = $item->item;
//get all the tickets for the event and perform messy json conversions -_- //
$ticketDecode = json_decode($ticket->getTickets($item->eventid), true);
$tickets = $ticketDecode['tickets'];
$event = new Event();
//get currently logged on host//
$userid = $resourceServer->getAccessToken()->getSession()->getOwnerId();
//verify that current host owns the event of the item//
if ($event->verifyHost($item->eventid, $userid)) {
//pick a random ticket//
if (sizeof($tickets) > 0) {
$numTix = sizeof($tickets);
$luckyNum = mt_rand(0, $numTix);
$ticket = $tickets[$luckyNum];
//more messy json conversions...//
$lucky = json_decode($winner->pickWinner($itemid, $ticket['participantid']));
$luckyWinner = $lucky->winner;
//verify that the item has not been won//
if ($luckyWinner != "Winner already chosen") {
//get the winner's personal info to pass back with the winning ticket info//
$luckyParticipant = Participant::where('id', $luckyWinner->participantid)->first();
$array = array('success' => true, 'ticket' => $ticket, 'participant' => $luckyParticipant);
echo json_encode($array);
} else {
