'error', 'message' => 'Security token validation failed.']); exit(); } // Check if user_id is set in the POST request if (isset($_POST['user_id']) && !empty($_POST['user_id'])) { // Sanitize the input to prevent SQL injection $user_id = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $_POST['user_id']); $created_at = date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // Use current date and time for created_at // First, check if a bar tab already exists for this user_id $checkSql = "SELECT * FROM bar_tabs WHERE user_id = '$user_id' LIMIT 1"; $checkResult = mysqli_query($conn, $checkSql); if (mysqli_num_rows($checkResult) > 0) { // If a bar tab already exists for this user_id, return an error message echo json_encode(['status' => 'error', 'message' => 'A bar tab already exists for this user.']); } else { // Prepare the SQL query to insert a new record into the bar_tabs table $sql = "INSERT INTO bar_tabs (user_id) VALUES ('$user_id')"; // Execute the query if (mysqli_query($conn, $sql)) { // If the insertion is successful, return a success message echo json_encode(['status' => 'success', 'message' => 'Bar tab created successfully.']); } else { // If there's an error, return an error message echo json_encode(['status' => 'error', 'message' => 'Error: ' . mysqli_error($conn)]); } } } else { // If user_id is not provided, return an error message echo json_encode(['status' => 'error', 'message' => 'User ID is required.']); } // Close the database connection mysqli_close($conn); ?>