PHP - Populate List With MySQLi

Submitted by razormist on Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 09:30.
In this tutorial we will create a Populate List With MySQLi using PHP. This code will display MySQLi data as a HTML list. The code use MySQLi SELECT query that will display the MySQLi row as a html list using mysqli_fetch_array(). This a user-friendly program feel free to modify and use it to your system. We will be using PHP as a scripting language that interepret in the webserver such as xamp, wamp, etc. It is widely use by modern website application to handle and protect user confidential information.

Getting Started:

First you have to download & install XAMPP or any local server that run PHP scripts. Here's the link for XAMPP server https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html. And this is the link for the jquery that i used in this tutorial https://jquery.com/. Lastly, this is the link for the bootstrap that i used for the layout design https://getbootstrap.com/.

Creating Database

Open your database web server then create a database name in it db_list, after that click Import then locate the database file inside the folder of the application then click ok. tut1

Creating the database connection

Open your any kind of text editor(notepad++, etc..). Then just copy/paste the code below then name it conn.php.
  1. <?php
  2.         $conn=mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "db_list");
  3.        
  4.         if(!$conn){
  5.                 die("Error: Failed to connect to database!");
  6.         }
  7. ?>

Creating The Interface

This is where we will create a simple form for our application. To create the forms simply copy and write it into your text editor, then save it as index.php.
  1. <!DOCTYPE html>
  2. <html lang="en">
  3.         <head>
  4.                 <meta charset="UTF-8" name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
  5.                 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/bootstrap.css" />
  6.         </head>
  7. <body>
  8.         <nav class="navbar navbar-default">
  9.                 <div class="container-fluid">
  10.                         <a class="navbar-brand" href="https://sourcecodester.com">Sourcecodester</a>
  11.                 <div>
  12.         </nav>
  13.         <div class="col-md-3"></div>
  14.         <div class="col-md-6 well">
  15.                 <h3 class="text-primary">PHP - Populate List With MySQLi</h3>
  16.                 <hr style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">
  17.                 <div class="col-md-3">
  18.                         <form method="POST" action="add.php">
  19.                                 <div class="form-group">
  20.                                         <label>Enter a movie title</label>
  21.                                         <input type="text" name="movie" class="form-control" required="required"/>
  22.                                 </div>
  23.                                 <center><button class="btn btn-primary" name="add">Add</button></center>
  24.                         </form>
  25.                 </div>
  26.                 <div class="col-md-9">
  27.                         <h2>MY MOVIE LIST <?php echo date("Y")?></h2>
  28.                         <ul>
  29.                                 <?php
  30.                                         require'conn.php';
  31.                                        
  32.                                         $query=mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT * FROM `movie`") or die(mysqli_error());
  33.                                         while($fetch=mysqli_fetch_array($query)){
  34.                                                 echo "<li>".$fetch['movie_title']."</li>";
  35.                                         }
  36.                                 ?>
  37.                         </ul>
  38.                 </div>
  39.         </div>
  40. </body>
  41. </html>

Creating the Main Function

This code contains the main function of the application. This code will display the MySQLi data as a list when the button is clicked. To make this just copy and write these block of codes below inside the text editor, then save it as add.php
  1. <?php
  2.         require_once'conn.php';
  3.        
  4.         if(ISSET($_POST['add'])){
  5.                 $movie=$_POST['movie'];
  6.                
  7.                 mysqli_query($conn, "INSERT INTO `movie` VALUES('', '$movie')") or die(mysqli_error());
  8.                
  9.                 header('location: index.php');
  10.         }
  11. ?>
There you have it we successfully created Populate List With MySQLi using PHP. I hope that this simple tutorial help you to what you are looking for. For more updates and tutorials just kindly visit this site. Enjoy Coding!
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