Practical PHP and MySQL

Chapter 11

This chapter focused on creating a news site. The site has three levels of users: admins, posters, and regular users who can rate stories. The other aspect of this project was to integrate the QuickForm PEAR extension.

Exercise

Read All About It (news site)
INet only. It won't work on this server so why bother?
Admin Login
Username: user
Password: pass
Posting Rights
Username: poster
Password: child
Regular User
Username: lurker
Password: btard

What I Added

  • Increased subject length to 100 characters
  • Used camel case and more descriptive variable/function names
  • Added an active state to side navigation
  • Reduced unneccessary redundency in code