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require_once __DIR__ . '/../config/config.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/../includes/functions.php';
header('Content-Type: application/json');
$date = isset($_POST['date']) ? cleanInput($_POST['date']) : '';
if (!$date) { echo json_encode(['available'=>false]); exit; }
$available = checkAvailability($date);
$stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT status FROM availability WHERE date = ?");
$stmt->bind_param("s", $date); $stmt->execute();
$avail = $stmt->get_result()->fetch_assoc();
if ($avail && $avail['status'] != 'available') $available = false;
echo json_encode(['available'=>$available, 'date'=>$date]);