PHP for Beginners: Create a Todolist with PHP and MySQL

Install and configure the Xampp server on a virtual machine, select PHP versions, and start the Apache and MySQL services via the control panel.

Install Sublime Text from the official site, locate the program files, and use the sidebar to access files during setup.

Create a PHP database layer to connect to a local database by defining host, database name, user, and password, with error mode set to exception for the to-do table.

Create a todolist with php and mysql by building a form and table, linking bootstrap cdn and a stylesheet, and inserting records via a post request using a prepared statement.

Learn to display todolist data by running a select query, looping through results, fetching rows as objects, and rendering each record’s id and name in a table.

Delete a todo item in a PHP and MySQL todolist by selecting its id and preparing a delete query, then execute and return to the index to verify removal.

Learn how to implement updating data in a PHP and MySQL todolist: create an update page, fetch by id, pre-fill a form, and execute the update query to modify tasks.

Create a simple PHP project structure with source and public folders, models and controllers, an autoload mechanism, a database class, and bootstrap-enabled templates.

Create a simple PHP autoloader without composer by registering an SPL autoload function, mapping namespaces with a prefix, resolving file paths, and requiring class files.

Connect to the database with a static PDO property and a public static connect function, using try/catch to handle errors for the localhost my crud MySQL database.

Create a php post model with static methods to fetch all posts and a single post, and implement create posts with pdo prepared inserts for title and content.

Develop a PHP post model by implementing update and delete operations with prepared statements and bound parameters for title, content, and id in a MySQL todolist app.