diff --git a/backend/config.php b/backend/config.php
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+<?php
+    header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');
+    header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST, GET, DELETE, PUT, PATCH, OPTIONS');
+    header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers: token, Content-Type');
+    header('Access-Control-Max-Age: 1728000');
+    header('Content-Length:0');
+    header('Content-Type: text/plain');
+
+    $host = "localhost";
+    $user = "country_stats";
+    $password = "country_stats";
+    $db = "country_stats";
+
+    $con = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $password, $db) or die ("could not connect to DB");
+?>
diff --git a/backend/delete.php b/backend/delete.php
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+++ b/backend/delete.php
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+<?php
+    include "config.php";
+    $input = file_get_contents('php://input');
+    $response = array();
+    $sqlString = "DELETE FROM cs_countries WHERE cs_country_id = $input";
+    $sql = mysqli_query($con, $sqlString);
+    if($sql){
+        $response["message"] = "OK";
+    }else{
+        $response["message"] = "KO";
+    }
+
+    echo json_encode($response);
+
+?>
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diff --git a/backend/insert.php b/backend/insert.php
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+++ b/backend/insert.php
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+<?php
+    include "config.php";
+    $input = file_get_contents('php://input');
+    $data = json_decode($input, true);
+    $response = array();
+
+    $countryName = $data["countryName"];
+    $countryContinent = $data["countryContinent"];
+    $countryArea = $data["countryArea"];
+    $countryPopulation = $data["countryPopulation"];
+    $countryDrivingSide = $data["countryDrivingSide"];
+
+    $sqlQuery = "INSERT INTO `cs_countries` (`cs_country_id`, `cs_country_name`, `cs_country_continent`,";
+    $sqlQuery += " `cs_country_area`, `cs_country_population`, `cs_country_drivingSide`";
+    $sqlQuery += " VALUES (NULL, '$countryName', ' $countryContinent', $countryArea, $countryPopulation, '$countryDrivingSide')";
+
+    $sql = mysqli_query($con, $sqlQuery);
+    if($sql){
+        $response["message"] = "OK";
+    }else{
+        $response["message"] = "KO";
+    }
+    echo json_encode($response);
+?>
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diff --git a/backend/insert_new.php b/backend/insert_new.php
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+++ b/backend/insert_new.php
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+<?php
+    include "config.php";
+    $input = file_get_contents('php://input');
+    $data = json_decode($input, true);
+    $response = array();
+
+    $countryName = $data["countryName"];
+    $countryContinent = $data["countryContinent"];
+    $countryArea = $data["countryArea"];
+    $countryPopulation = $data["countryPopulation"];
+    $countryDrivingSide = $data["countryDrivingSide"];
+
+    $sqlQuery = "INSERT INTO `cs_countries` (`cs_country_id`, `cs_country_name`, `cs_country_continent`,";
+    $sqlQuery += " `cs_country_area`, `cs_country_population`, `cs_country_drivingSide`";
+    $sqlQuery += " VALUES (NULL, '$countryName', ' $countryContinent', $countryArea, $countryPopulation, '$countryDrivingSide')";
+
+    $sql = mysqli_query($con, $sqlQuery);
+    if($sql){
+        $response["message"] = "OK";
+    }else{
+        $response["message"] = "KO";
+    }
+    echo json_encode($response);
+?>
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diff --git a/backend/insert_old.php b/backend/insert_old.php
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+++ b/backend/insert_old.php
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+<?php
+    include "config.php";
+    $response = array();
+    
+    $name = $_POST["countryName"];
+    $continent = $_POST["countryContinent"];
+    $area = $_POST["countryArea"];
+    $population = $_POST["countryPopulation"];
+    $drivingSide = $_POST["countryDrivingSide"];
+
+    $flag = $_FILES["countryFlag"];
+
+    $target_dir = "assets/img/flags/";
+    $imageType = strtolower(pathinfo($flag['name'],PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
+    $file_name = fileNamer() . "." . $imageType;
+    $target_file = $target_dir . $file_name;
+
+    $uploadOk = 1;
+
+    // Check if image file is a actual image or fake image
+    if(true) {
+        $check = getimagesize($flag["tmp_name"]);
+        if($check !== false) {
+            echo "File is an image - " . $check["mime"] . ".";
+        } else {
+            echo "File is not an image.";
+            $uploadOk = 0;
+        }
+        if (move_uploaded_file($flag["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
+            echo "The file ". htmlspecialchars( basename( $flag["name"])). " has been uploaded.";
+            $response["message"] = "OK";
+
+        } else {
+            echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
+            $uploadOk = 0;
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    $sqlString = "INSERT INTO cs_countries (cs_country_name, cs_country_continent, cs_country_area, cs_country_population, cs_country_drivingSide, cs_country_flag)";
+    $sqlString .= " VALUES ('$name', '$continent', $area, $population, '$drivingSide', '$file_name')";
+    $sql = mysqli_query($con, $sqlString);
+    if($sql){
+        $response["message"] = "OK";
+    }else{
+        $response["message"] = "KO";
+    }
+
+
+    function fileNamer() {
+        $today = date('Ymd');
+        $range = $today - $startDate;
+        $rand = rand(1000, 9999);
+        return $today . "-" . $rand;
+    }
+
+    echo json_encode($response);
+?>
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diff --git a/backend/read.php b/backend/read.php
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+++ b/backend/read.php
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+<?php
+    include "config.php";
+
+    $sqlString = "SELECT * FROM cs_countries";
+    $sth = mysqli_query($con, $sqlString);
+    $output = array();
+    
+    while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($sth)) {
+        $output[] = $row;
+    }
+
+    echo json_encode($output);
+
+?>
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diff --git a/backend/read_new.php b/backend/read_new.php
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+++ b/backend/read_new.php
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+<?php
+    header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');
+    header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST, GET, DELETE, PUT, PATCH, OPTIONS');
+    header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers: token, Content-Type');
+    header('Access-Control-Max-Age: 1728000');
+    header('Content-Length:0');
+    header('Content-Type: text/plain');
+
+    $offset = $_GET["offset"];
+    $limit = $_GET["limit"];
+
+    $request_url = 'https://restcountries.com/v3.1/all';
+    $curl = curl_init($request_url);
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+    $response = curl_exec($curl);
+    curl_close($curl);
+
+    $data = json_decode($response);
+
+    $countries = array_slice($data, $offset, $limit);
+    $output = array();
+    foreach ($countries as $country) {
+        $obj = new stdClass();
+        $obj->flag = $country->flags->png;
+        $obj->name = $country->name->common;
+        $obj->capital = $country->capital[0];
+        $obj->continent = $country->continents[0];
+        $obj->area = $country->area;
+        $obj->population = $country->population;
+        $obj->drivingSide = $country->car->side;
+        array_push($output, $obj);
+    }
+
+    echo json_encode($output);
+    // echo json_encode($limit);
+
+?>
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diff --git a/backend/read_old.php b/backend/read_old.php
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+++ b/backend/read_old.php
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+<?php
+    include "config.php";
+
+    $sqlString = "SELECT * FROM cs_countries";
+    $sth = mysqli_query($con, $sqlString);
+    $output = array();
+    
+    while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($sth)) {
+        $output[] = $row;
+    }
+
+    echo json_encode($output);
+
+?>
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diff --git a/backend/test.php b/backend/test.php
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+++ b/backend/test.php
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+<?php
+function fileNamer(){
+    $today = date('YmdHi');
+    $startDate = date('YmdHi', strtotime('2012-03-14 09:06:00'));
+    $range = $today - $startDate;
+    $rand = rand(0, $range);
+    return $startDate + $rand;
+}
+echo fileNamer();
+?>
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diff --git a/src/app/pages/main/main.page.html b/src/app/pages/main/main.page.html
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--- a/src/app/pages/main/main.page.html
+++ b/src/app/pages/main/main.page.html
@@ -13,25 +13,25 @@
     <ion-slide>
       <div class="slideDiv">
         <div class="slideTitle"><p>Country Stats</p></div>
-        <img src="/assets/img/slides/slide1.jpg" />
+        <img src="http://localhost/backend/assets/img/slides/slide1.jpg" />
       </div>
     </ion-slide>
     <ion-slide>
       <div class="slideDiv">
         <div class="slideTitle"><p>Save Stats from any Country</p></div>
-        <img src="/assets/img/slides/slide2.jpg" />
+        <img src="http://localhost/backend/assets/img/slides/slide2.jpg" />
       </div>
     </ion-slide>
     <ion-slide>
       <div class="slideDiv">
         <div class="slideTitle"><p>They'll probably never be useful</p></div>
-        <img src="/assets/img/slides/slide3.jpg" />
+        <img src="http://localhost/backend/assets/img/slides/slide3.jpg" />
       </div>
     </ion-slide>
     <ion-slide>
       <div class="slideDiv">
         <div class="slideTitle"><p>But that's not why you learn them, right?</p></div>
-        <img src="/assets/img/slides/slide4.jpg" />
+        <img src="http://localhost/backend/assets/img/slides/slide4.jpg" />
       </div>
     </ion-slide>