Building Interactive, Data-Driven Web Applications | Mini-Blogging Platform Demo (PHP + MySQL)

In this video, I demonstrate how to build a Mini Blogging Platform using PHP, MySQL, HTML, and Sessions as part of our laboratory activity titled “Building Interactive, Data-Driven Web Applications.”

This simple web app allows users to:
✅ Register an account
✅ Log in using a username and password
✅ Create blog posts
✅ View posts from other users

This project introduces sessions for managing logged-in users and dynamic data fetching from the database — a great example of how backend and frontend technologies work together.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

Setting up a local server using XAMPP

Creating a MySQL database and tables using phpMyAdmin

Handling user authentication with PHP

Using sessions to keep users logged in

Inserting and fetching dynamic data from the database

💻 Tools Used:

XAMPP (Apache & MySQL)

phpMyAdmin

Visual Studio Code

PHP 8.x

HTML5

00:00 – Setting up XAMPP and phpMyAdmin
00:23 – Creating Database and Tables
02:19 – Register Page (HTML + PHP)
04:23 – Login Page (HTML + PHP)
06:22 – Home Page and Posts
09:43 – Testing the App

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