Complete user registration system using PHP and MySQL database

In this tutorial, I walk you through the complete process of creating a user registration system where users can create an account by providing username, email and password, login and logout ...

PHP CRUD Create, edit, update and delete posts with MySQL database

Creating, editing, updating and deleting content on a website is what makes the site dynamic. That's what we are going to be doing in this post. 

A user...

Image upload using php and MySQL database

In this tutorial, we create a form that takes an image and some text. When the user selects an image and enters some text and clicks the submit button, the data is submitted to the server. PH...

To-do list application using PHP and MySQL database

A simple todo list application that takes tasks submitted by user in a form and saves them in a MySQL database. The tasks are also retrieved from the database and displayed ...

Admin and user login in php and mysql database

Today we are going to build a registration system that keeps track of which users are admin and which are normal users. The normal users in our application are not allowed to access admin pag...

Like and Unlike system using PHP and MySQL database

In this tutorial, we'll build a like/unlike system somewhat similar what Facebook implements. Posts are gotten from a MySQL database and looped through and displayed using PHP, each w...

Check if username is already taken with PHP and MySQL

On certain websites, some information is meant to be unique. At the level of the database, this information (the field in the database) can be set as UNIQUE.

But this is...

Check if user already exists without submitting form

When registering users in a database table, you want to make sure that each user's email address or username is unique. In a previous tutorial, we did this using plain PHP where the u...

How to send email in php

Let's code a small application in PHP to send email from the contact form of a website. When the user visits the contact page of the website, they can enter details about the email su...

Form validation with javascript

On a user registration form, there are certain rules you want your users to follow when inputting values to register on your site. Some of those rules include:

Simple Greeter application in PHP - 20 projects in PHP

I am starting a series of tutorials designed to move a person from a newbie in PHP to a proficient PHP developer even if that person has limited knowledge of web developme...

Like Dislike system with PHP and MySQL

This system works exactly like the Like/Dislike system YouTube implements for its videos. On YouTube, the buttons are placed on videos. Since we are not building the next YouTube, we...

How to create a blog in PHP and MySQL database

I'm excited to be taking you through this long awaited tutorial, finally. I'll show you how to build a complete blog application from scratch using PHP and M...

How to create a blog in PHP and MySQL database - DB design

The Database

This is the second part in a series on How To Create A Blog with PHP and MySQL. You can get the first part

How to create a blog in PHP and MySQL database - Backend

This is part 3 of a 4-part series on How To Build a Blog with PHP and MySQL. You can view the previous two parts here:

Uploading images in CKEditor without using a plugin

When writing an article on your blog, you will often need to display pictures in between texts usually for illustration purposes. CKEditor helps you achieve this but it can be a bit tricky or...

Password reset system in PHP

One very important feature of any good membership website is a password reset system because some users are bound to forget their password. In this tutorial, I outline the steps involved in r...

Image preview and upload using PHP and MySQL database

User experience can be greatly improved on an image upload feature if we enable the user to preview the image they have selected before actually uploading it to the server by clicking the upl...

User account management, roles, permissions, authentication PHP and MySQL

If you are building any web application that involves creating, reading, updating, and deleting information of any kind, it will be very common that the privileges to perform&nbs...