diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..9228fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/vendor/
+/node_modules/
+*.log
+.env
+.idea/
+/sql/*
diff --git a/app/Config/database.php b/app/Config/database.php
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+++ b/app/Config/database.php
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+<?php
+class Database {
+    private $host = "mysql.pb.bib.de";
+    private $db_name = "media_locale";
+    private $username = "vpr_pbat3h23a";
+    private $password = "SBHwIWNqmMevnlqt";
+    public $conn;
+
+    public function getConnection() {
+        $this->conn = null;
+        try {
+            $this->conn = new PDO("mysql:host={$this->host};dbname={$this->db_name}",
+                                  $this->username, $this->password);
+            $this->conn->exec("set names utf8");
+        } catch (PDOException $exception) {
+            echo "Connection error: " . $exception->getMessage();
+        }
+        return $this->conn;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Controllers/ProjectController.php b/app/Controllers/ProjectController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c03f07e
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+++ b/app/Controllers/ProjectController.php
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+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../Models/Project.php';
+
+class ProjectController {
+    private $project;
+
+    public function __construct($db) {
+        $this->project = new Project($db);
+    }
+
+    public function getAllProjects() {
+        return $this->project->fetchAll();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Models/Project.php b/app/Models/Project.php
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Models/Project.php
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+<?php
+class Project {
+    private $conn;
+    private $table = "projects";
+
+    public function __construct($db) {
+        $this->conn = $db;
+    }
+
+    public function fetchAll() {
+        $query = "SELECT * FROM " . $this->table;
+        $stmt = $this->conn->prepare($query);
+        $stmt->execute();
+        return $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84b8e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.php
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+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../app/Config/database.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../routes/api.php';
+
+echo "Media Locale Backend is running.";
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/api.php
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+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../app/Config/database.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../app\Controllers\ProjectController.php';
+
+$db = (new Database())->getConnection();
+$controller = new ProjectController($db);
+
+header("Content-Type: application/json");
+echo json_encode($controller->getAllProjects());