clqms-be/AGENTS.md

CLQMS Backend - Agent Instructions

Project: Clinical Laboratory Quality Management System (CLQMS) Backend Framework: CodeIgniter 4 (PHP 8.1+) Platform: Windows - Use PowerShell or CMD for terminal commands Frontend: Alpine.js (views/v2 directory)

Build / Test Commands

# Install dependencies
composer install

# Run all tests
composer test
php vendor/bin/phpunit

# Run single test file
php vendor/bin/phpunit tests/feature/Patients/PatientIndexTest.php

# Run single test method
php vendor/bin/phpunit tests/feature/Patients/PatientIndexTest.php --filter=testIndexWithoutParams

# Run tests with coverage
php vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-html build/logs/html

# Run tests in verbose mode
php vendor/bin/phpunit --verbose

Test Structure:

• Feature tests: tests/feature/ - API endpoint testing with FeatureTestTrait
• Unit tests: tests/unit/ - Model/Logic testing
• Base test case: Tests\Support\v2\MasterTestCase.php - Provides JWT auth and helper methods

Code Style Guidelines

PHP Standards

• PHP Version: 8.1 minimum
• PSR-4 Autoloading: Follow namespace-to-path conventions (App\Controllers\*, App\Models\*)
• Line endings: Unix-style (LF) - configure editor accordingly

Naming Conventions

Element	Convention	Examples
Classes	PascalCase	PatientController, BaseModel
Methods	camelCase	getPatient(), createPatient()
Variables	camelCase	$internalPID, $patientData
Constants	UPPER_SNAKE_CASE	ORDER_PRIORITY, TEST_TYPE
Table names	snake_case	patient, pat_idt, valueset
Column names	PascalCase (original DB)	InternalPID, PatientID

File Organization

app/
├── Controllers/{Domain}/
│   └── DomainController.php
├── Models/{Domain}/
│   └── DomainModel.php
├── Libraries/
│   └── Lookups.php
└── Views/v2/

Imports and Namespaces

<?php
namespace App\Controllers\Patient;

use CodeIgniter\Controller;
use CodeIgniter\API\ResponseTrait;
use App\Models\Patient\PatientModel;

• Use fully qualified class names or use statements
• Group imports logically
• Avoid unnecessary aliases

Code Formatting

• Indentation: 4 spaces (not tabs)
• Braces: Allman style for classes/functions, K&R for control structures
• Line length: Soft limit 120 characters
• Empty lines: Single blank line between method definitions and logical groups

Type Hints and Return Types

// Required for new code
public function getPatient(int $internalPID): ?array
protected function createPatient(array $input): int
private function checkDbError(object $db, string $context): void

// Use nullable types for optional returns
public function findById(?int $id): ?array

Controller Patterns

class PatientController extends Controller {
    use ResponseTrait;

    protected $db;
    protected $model;
    protected $rules;

    public function __construct() {
        $this->db = \Config\Database::connect();
        $this->model = new PatientModel();
        $this->rules = [...]; // Validation rules
    }

    public function index() {
        try {
            $data = $this->model->findAll();
            return $this->respond([...], 200);
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            return $this->failServerError($e->getMessage());
        }
    }
}

Model Patterns

class PatientModel extends BaseModel {
    protected $table = 'patient';
    protected $primaryKey = 'InternalPID';
    protected $allowedFields = [...];
    protected $useSoftDeletes = true;
    protected $deletedField = 'DelDate';

    public function getPatients(array $filters = []): array {
        // Query builder chain
        $this->select('...');
        $this->join(...);
        if (!empty($filters['key'])) {
            $this->where('key', $filters['key']);
        }
        return $this->findAll();
    }
}

Error Handling

• Controllers: Use try-catch with failServerError(), failValidationErrors(), failNotFound()
• Models: Throw \Exception with descriptive messages
• Database errors: Check $db->error() after operations
• Always validate input before DB operations

Validation Rules

protected $rules = [
    'PatientID' => 'required|regex_match[/^[A-Za-z0-9]+$/]|max_length[30]',
    'EmailAddress' => 'permit_empty|valid_email|max_length[100]',
    'Phone' => 'permit_empty|regex_match[/^\+?[0-9]{8,15}$/]',
];

Date Handling

• All dates stored/retrieved in UTC via BaseModel callbacks
• Use utc helper functions: convert_array_to_utc(), convert_array_to_utc_iso()
• Format: ISO 8601 (Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z) for API responses

API Response Format

// Success
return $this->respond([
    'status' => 'success',
    'message' => 'Data fetched successfully',
    'data' => $rows
], 200);

// Created
return $this->respondCreated([
    'status' => 'success',
    'message' => 'Record created'
]);

// Error
return $this->failServerError('Something went wrong: ' . $e->getMessage());

Database Transactions

$db->transBegin();
try {
    $this->insert($data);
    $this->checkDbError($db, 'Insert operation');
    $db->transCommit();
    return $insertId;
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $db->transRollback();
    throw $e;
}

Frontend Integration (Alpine.js)

• API calls use BASEURL global variable
• Include credentials: 'include' for authenticated requests
• Modals use x-show with @click.self backdrop close

Lookups Library

Use App\Libraries\Lookups for all static lookup values - no database queries:

use App\Libraries\Lookups;

// Frontend dropdown format
Lookups::get('gender');    // [{value: '1', label: 'Female'}, ...]
Lookups::get('test_type'); // [{value: 'TEST', label: 'Test'}, ...]

// Raw key-value pairs
Lookups::getRaw('gender'); // ['1' => 'Female', ...]

// All lookups
Lookups::getAll();

Important Notes

• Soft deletes: Use DelDate field instead of hard delete
• UTC timezone: All dates normalized to UTC automatically
• JWT auth: API endpoints require Bearer token in Authorization header
• No comments: Do not add comments unless explicitly requested