feat: initial foundation for collaborative canteen ordering system in vanilla PHP

app/Core/Helpers.php

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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+// Global Helper Functions
+
+if (!function_exists('e')) {
+    function e(mixed $value): string
+    {
+        return \App\Core\View::escape($value);
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('money')) {
+    function money(float|int|string $amount): string
+    {
+        return '$' . number_format((float)$amount, 2);
+    }
+}