added a seperated non-network file

Author: buonzz

.env.example

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ APP_URL=http://localhost
 LOG_CHANNEL=stack
 
 DB_CONNECTION=mysql
-DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
+DB_HOST=mysql
 DB_PORT=3306
-DB_DATABASE=homestead
-DB_USERNAME=homestead
+DB_DATABASE=messy
+DB_USERNAME=user
 DB_PASSWORD=secret
 
 BROADCAST_DRIVER=log

public/track.php

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+require '../vendor/autoload.php';
+$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::create('../');
+$dotenv->load();
+
+$vote_method = isset($_GET['vote_method']) ? $_GET['vote_method'] : 'up';
+
+
+$host =  getenv('DB_HOST');
+$db   = getenv('DB_DATABASE');
+$user = getenv('DB_USERNAME');
+$pass = getenv('DB_PASSWORD');
+
+$dsn = "mysql:host=$host;dbname=$db";
+$options = [
+    PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE            => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
+    PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
+    PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES   => false,
+];
+try {
+     $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, $options);
+} catch (\PDOException $e) {
+     throw new \PDOException($e->getMessage(), (int)$e->getCode());
+}