- admin.css: replace .admin-alert / .admin-alert--error / .admin-alert--success
selectors with [role="alert"][data-type="error"] and [role="status"][data-type="success"]
- All 10 admin templates updated: <div class="admin-alert admin-alert--{type}">
becomes <p role="alert|status" data-type="error|success"> (or <div> for the
import.php multi-item list that contains a <ul>)
- flash-messages.php partial updated to match
- WCAG benefit: role="alert" is an ARIA live region — errors are announced
immediately by screen readers without focus movement (fixes WCAG 3.3.1, 4.1.2)
- role="status" (polite live region) used for success messages — announced
without interrupting the user
- Removes two BEM modifier classes; CSS now targets element semantics directly
Create the central App helper that eliminates ~170 lines of duplicated
bootstrap/auth/CSRF preamble across 24 page and action handler files.
src/App.php provides:
- boot(): loads Database + ensures CSRF token (public pages)
- adminGuard(): requires AdminAuth login + boot (admin pages)
- verifyCsrf() / rotateCsrf(): centralised CSRF lifecycle
- flash() / consumeFlash(): unified flash messages with legacy key drain
(error, success, admin_error, admin_success, edit_error, edit_success,
form_error all consumed transparently for incremental migration)
- redirect(): flash + Location header + exit in one call
- render(): head → header → content → footer pipeline with auto admin
footer selection
App.php is auto-loaded from config/bootstrap.php so all existing pages
get the class for free without any changes.
templates/partials/flash-messages.php uses App::consumeFlash() to replace
the 5+ copy-pasted flash blocks across admin templates.
All existing tests pass. No existing page files modified — this is a
non-breaking addition that enables incremental controller extraction.