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+<?php
+// config
+define("DATA_FILE", "pastes.json");
+define("BASE_URL", "http://localhost/index.php");
+
+$pastes = file_exists(DATA_FILE) ? json_decode(file_get_contents(DATA_FILE), true) : [];
+
+if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
+    if (!empty($_POST['content'])) {
+        $id = uniqid();
+        $pastes[$id] = [
+            'content' => $_POST['content'],
+            'timestamp' => time()
+        ];
+        file_put_contents(DATA_FILE, json_encode($pastes));
+        header("Location: " . BASE_URL . "?id=$id");
+        exit;
+    }
+} elseif (isset($_GET['delete']) && isset($_GET['id'])) {
+    $id = $_GET['id'];
+    if (isset($pastes[$id])) {
+        unset($pastes[$id]);
+        file_put_contents(DATA_FILE, json_encode($pastes));
+        header("Location: " . BASE_URL);
+        exit;
+    }
+}
+
+if (isset($_GET['id'])) {
+    $id = $_GET['id'];
+    if (isset($pastes[$id])) {
+        echo "<h1>paste $id</h1>";
+        echo "<pre>" . htmlspecialchars($pastes[$id]['content']) . "</pre>";
+        echo "<a href='" . BASE_URL . "'>Create new paste</a> | ";
+        echo "<a href='" . BASE_URL . "?delete=true&id=$id'>Delete this paste</a>";
+        exit; 
+    } else {
+        echo "Paste not found.";
+        exit;
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <title>pastry</title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <h1>new paste</h1>
+        <form method="post">
+            <textarea name="content" rows="10" cols="50" placeholder="enter text" required></textarea><br>
+            <button type="submit">create</button>
+        </form>
+
+        <h2>recent pastes</h2>
+        <ul>
+            <?php foreach (array_slice($pastes, -5, 5, true) as $id => $paste): ?>
+                <li>
+                    <a href="php echo BASE_URL . '?id-' . $id; ?>">view paste <?php echo $id; ?></a>
+                    (Created: <?php echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $paste['timestamp']); ?>)
+                </li>
+            <?php endforeach; ?>
+        </ul>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/pastes.json b/pastes.json
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