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In process.php I'm just including the perch API, making a class that extends PerchAPI_Factory, and then I have a method that uses perchDB to save the form data to the DB.

Here's my code:

include('../../../core/inc/api.php');
$API  = new PerchAPI(1.0, 'contact_form');

class Process extends PerchAPI_Factory
{
    protected $table     = 'contact_form';
    protected $pk        = 'formID';        

    public function newSubmission(){
        $incoming = $_POST;
        $json = PerchUtil::json_safe_encode($incoming);
        $data = [];
        $data['label'] = 'contact_form';
        $data['data'] = $json;
        $data['timestamp'] = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $response = new stdClass();
        $response->meta = new stdClass();

        try{
            $newID = $this->db->insert('perch2_contact_form', $data);
            $response->meta->status = 'success';
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            $response->meta->status = 'fail';
        }
        return $response;
    }   
}

$process = new Process();
$response = $process->newSubmission();
print_r(json_encode($response));

Am I hooking into the API the wrong way by including core/inc/api.php?

Thanks!