Create a Netflix clone from Scratch: JavaScript PHP + MySQL

Add padding to input columns, build a header with a title and subtitle, and style with css selectors like .column and .header. Set a global font and a #333 color.

Copy the code from register.php into login.php, keep only username and password fields, rename the header to sign in, and update the link to register.

Connect to the MySQL database using a PHP PDO connection inside a try-catch block, configure error reporting, and gracefully handle failures to verify the Reese flicks setup.

Master PHP form validation by enforcing first name length between 2 and 25 in account.php, using a private error array and strLen checks, and pushing errors for register-page display.

Insert validated user data into the database using a dedicated insert function, hashing the password with sha-512 and binding first name, last name, username, email, and password via prepared statements.

Store and check user login status with PHP sessions by starting a session, setting a $_SESSION['user_logged_in'] to the username, and redirecting if not set.

Add Font Awesome icons to play and volume buttons by embedding the library, replace images with font icons, and use color inheritance to match the Netflix clone styling.

Implement a preview ended function that toggles the video off and reveals the preview image when playback ends, using onended to switch between preview video and hidden image.

learn to style the page background for a netflix-like clone by styling the wrapper with a minimum width, full height, and a 141414 background, then output the categories and entities.

Build a get_category_HTML function to format category title and items from SQL data, with optional title overrides and booleans for TV shows and movies during query iteration.

Add padding to the preview categories container, then create an entity page that reads the url id and shows the selected entity’s preview video.

Learn to output episodes by building an HTML video grid with clickable thumbnails linking to watch.php?id=, using video info to show titles and descriptions, and looping over videos.

Implement the up-next video feature in a netflix clone using PHP, querying the videos database to fetch the next episode within the same season, or the next season if needed.

See how the video provider class selects the next video by season and episode, then falls back to the most viewed season 0 or 1 video excluding the current one.

Style the up next controls with height 100%, center content, remove button padding, and raise the watch navigation z-index to ensure clear visibility over overlays.

Hook up the play button on the video preview by wiring it to fetch the selected video ID from the video provider and call watch video.

Add a subtitle to the video preview that shows season and episode when available, and hides it for movies, by creating a video object with video id and season-episode text.

Implement a seen-tracking feature by adding a has seen function and check mark icons to display already viewed videos in the Netflix clone, using Font Awesome and CSS positioning.

Learn to style a fixed top navigation bar with a flex layout, responsive logo sizing, and a scroll-triggered transition from transparent to black.