PHP with MySQL: Build Amazing Streaming Service

Install and configure Xampp to run a local server with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and phpMyAdmin, select components, set up the control panel, and verify localhost access.

Install Visual Studio Code as the chosen text editor, download for Windows, and install, with optional path addition, then create a desktop icon and start coding with extensions.

Build a streaming service template with a header, search, login, and a feature slider for anime, plus detail pages, episode lists, comments, and reviews.

Explore building the trending now section by performing multi-table joins to combine shows, views, and comments, while designing the comments and views tables and their fields.

Select and display action shows on the index page using php with mysql, building and debugging queries, loops, and links for the for you section, with image handling.

Learn to fetch shows by genre from a PHP and MySQL backend, render category pages with header and footer, and generate dynamic links to details pages and view counts.

Turn the show details page into a dynamic PHP page, fetch a single show by id, and display image, title, description, studios, duration, and date aired.

Build a PHP with MySQL streaming page by adding an episodes table, passing show and episode IDs in the URL, and listing watchable episodes.

Fetch a single episode's data with PHP and MySQL, display its video and thumbnail from the videos folder, and link to category pages.

Add and display comments for each episode by implementing a PHP and MySQL comments system, showing the episode name, user names, and stored comments.

Count and track views per user by checking if they already viewed a page, then insert a view record with show_id and user_id to update counts.

Design and code a simple admin panel to manage admins, shows, genres, and episodes with login, create, view, and delete capabilities, following along with provided code.

learn to display admin statistics on the index page by counting shows, episodes, genres, and admins with simple queries, fetch and echo results, and secure pages by enforcing login redirects.