Your Recipes App (api.php)

<?php

    include_once ('includes/variables.php');

    $connect->set_charset('utf8');

    if(isset($_GET['cat_id']))
    {
            $query = "SELECT * FROM tbl_category c,tbl_recipes n WHERE c.cid = n.cat_id and c.cid = '".$_GET['cat_id']."' ORDER BY n.nid DESC";
            $resouter = mysqli_query($connect, $query);

    }
    else if(isset($_GET['nid']))
    {
            $id = $_GET['nid'];

            $query = "SELECT * FROM tbl_category c,tbl_recipes n WHERE c.cid = n.cat_id && n.nid = '$id'";
            $resouter = mysqli_query($connect, $query);

    }
    else if(isset($_GET['latest_news']))
    {
            $limit = $_GET['latest_news'];

            $query = "SELECT * FROM tbl_category c,tbl_recipes n WHERE c.cid=n.cat_id ORDER BY n.nid DESC LIMIT $limit";
            $resouter = mysqli_query($connect, $query);
    }
    else
    {
            $query = "SELECT * FROM tbl_category ORDER BY cid DESC";
            $resouter = mysqli_query($connect, $query);
    }

    $set = array();

    $total_records = mysqli_num_rows($resouter);
    if($total_records >= 1){

      while ($link = mysqli_fetch_array($resouter, MYSQLI_ASSOC)){

        $set ['Json'][] = $link;
      }
    }

    header( 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' );
    echo $val= str_replace('\\/', '/', json_encode($set));

?>