Master PHP 8: Build a PHP MVC Blog from Scratch

Explore the php mvc blog structure by organizing apps into controllers, models, and views, with a front controller using index.php in public. Learn to configure assets, vendor autoload, and gitignore.

Create config/db.php to connect PHP app to the server by defining a database class with host localhost, database name php mvc blog, root user, no password, and a PDO constructor.

Learn to run a PHP project with a virtual host, configuring server name, document root to the public folder, updating hosts, and testing with a hello world file.

Test your database connectivity by defining the base directory, loading db.php, enabling error reporting, and creating a DB instance from the database class to verify the connection.

Bootstrapping the php mvc blog by creating bootstrap.php, wiring index.php to require it, and establishing base and absolute paths for autoloading, db config, and session setup.

Learn to build database migration scripts in a PHP MVC blog by creating categories, post, comments, and users tables with proper foreign keys, constraints, and bootstrapped connectivity.

learn how routing maps urls to controller methods in a php mvc blog, handle form data via a post controller, update model and refresh view with index and show.

Master PHP 8 routing and controllers in a blog app, handling get and post requests with dynamic routes, regex-based URL matching, and htaccess rewrites to index.php.

Implement the post model to handle fetch, insert, update, and delete operations using a PDO connection; build methods for create, get single, get all posts, update, and delete posts.

Build a create post workflow in a PHP 8 MVC blog by wiring the admin controller to load the create view and submit the post form to the store route.

Implement store method in admin controller to handle form post data, create a post with title and content via post model, and redirect to post page with success message.

Fetch all posts from the database and render them in the admin post index view, with session messages for success or error and routes to edit or delete posts.

Learn to build a PHP MVC blog interface by implementing show and edit views, including forms for post title and content, and enabling update workflows via the admin controller.

Build a category model in PHP for a blog, implementing methods to get a single and all categories, create, update, delete, and fetch posts by category using prepared statements.

Create a category controller with index, update, and delete methods to manage categories via crud, fetch all categories, and render admin views; design the create form and store route.

Create and display categories in a PHP MVC blog by building the category index page, implementing store functionality, and listing all categories via the category model in admin views.

Learn to implement category management in a PHP MVC blog by adding edit, update, and delete functionality through a category controller, model retrieval, validation, and corresponding views.

Learn to build category posts in a PHP MVC blog with a category controller, model queries by category id, and a dedicated post view to display posts within a category.

Associate posts with categories by adding category_id to the post model, updating the insert and select queries, and joining categories to display category names in post results.

Update the admin controller to load the category model, fetch all categories, and render a create post view with a category dropdown. It enables associating posts with categories.

Update the create and edit views to associate posts with categories by passing a category model, retrieving categories, and refining the category select and no category fallbacks.

Implement the comment model for a PHP MVC blog, enabling create, get, update, and delete operations with prepared statements and bound post ID and content.

Implement the CommentController in a PHP MVC blog, handling storing new comments with post IDs, editing and updating comments in admin, and deleting comments with redirects to post show pages.

Show how to display and manage comments in the admin side by looping through comments in the admin post show view and adding edit and delete options.

Learn to update admin comments routes in a PHP 8 MVC blog, enabling edit, update, and delete actions, with a corresponding edit view and form for comment content.

Create the frontend view files for a PHP MVC blog by updating the post controller, rendering posts and comments, and adding a comment submission form for the frontend.

Implement file upload to attach images to posts. Update the post model to add an image file name with a null default and include image data in queries.

Update the admin controller to handle image uploads in the store method by validating jpeg, png, gif types, enforcing five megabytes, generating a unique file name, and storing to public/images.

Add image upload to the create post form by configuring multipart form data and a file input, then display the uploaded image in the post view using the uploads path.

Learn how to extend a PHP MVC blog to update posts and handle image uploads. Implement multipart form data, image validation, and update logic to replace post images.

Update the front end to display post images in the title and show views using a conditional post image check, alt text, and an img-fluid class.

Master PHP 8 validation by implementing server-side checks in the admin controller's store method, rendering form error messages for missing title, content, category, and image via session errors.

Implement validation on the edit form by validating the update method, collecting errors for title and category, showing messages, and returning to the edit page with the post id.