prepare("SELECT e.*, r.name as role_name FROM employees e LEFT JOIN roles r ON e.role_id = r.id WHERE e.id = ?"); $stmt->execute([$id]); $employee = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); if ($employee) { echo json_encode($employee); } else { http_response_code(404); echo json_encode(['error' => 'Employee not found']); } } else { $stmt = $pdo->query("SELECT e.*, r.name as role_name FROM employees e LEFT JOIN roles r ON e.role_id = r.id"); $employees = $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); echo json_encode($employees); } } catch (PDOException $e) { http_response_code(500); echo json_encode(['error' => 'Database error: ' . $e->getMessage()]); }