OpenQuestion/add.php

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . "/required.php";

$question = $VARS['question'];
$answers = $VARS['answers'];

if (trim($question) == "" || trim($answers) == "") {
    header("Location: ./create/error");
}

/**
 * Generate question access codes.
 * https://stackoverflow.com/a/4356295
 * @param int $length
 * @return string
 */
function generateRandomString($length = 4) {
    $characters = 'ABCEFGHJKLMNPQRSTWXYZ';
    $charactersLength = strlen($characters);
    $randomString = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $randomString .= $characters[rand(0, $charactersLength - 1)];
    }
    return $randomString;
}

$length = 4;
$code = generateRandomString($length);
$tries = 0;
while ($database->has("questions", ['qcode' => $code])) {
    if ($tries > 10) {
        $length++;
    }
    $code = generateRandomString($length);
    $tries++;
}

$database->insert("questions", ['qtext' => $question, 'qcode' => $code]);

$qid = $database->id();

$answers = explode("\n", $answers);

foreach ($answers as $ans) {
    if (trim($ans) != "") {
        $database->insert("answers", ['atext' => trim($ans), 'qid' => $qid]);
    }
}

header("Location: ./q/$code");