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.
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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.

<?php
	$conn=mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "db_list");
 
	if(!$conn){
		die("Error: Failed to connect to database!");
	}
?>

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.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
	<head>
		<meta charset="UTF-8" name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/bootstrap.css" />
	</head>
<body>
	<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
		<div class="container-fluid">
			<a class="navbar-brand" href="https://sourcecodester.com">Sourcecodester</a>
		<div>
	</nav>
	<div class="col-md-3"></div>
	<div class="col-md-6 well">
		<h3 class="text-primary">PHP - Populate List With MySQLi</h3>
		<hr style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">
		<div class="col-md-3">
			<form method="POST" action="add.php">
				<div class="form-group">
					<label>Enter a movie title</label>
					<input type="text" name="movie" class="form-control" required="required"/>
				</div>
				<center><button class="btn btn-primary" name="add">Add</button></center>
			</form>
		</div>
		<div class="col-md-9">
			<h2>MY MOVIE LIST <?php echo date("Y")?></h2>
			<ul>
				<?php
					require'conn.php';
 
					$query=mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT * FROM `movie`") or die(mysqli_error());
					while($fetch=mysqli_fetch_array($query)){
						echo "<li>".$fetch['movie_title']."</li>";
					}
				?>
			</ul>
		</div>
	</div>
</body>	
</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

<?php
	require_once'conn.php';
 
	if(ISSET($_POST['add'])){
		$movie=$_POST['movie'];
 
		mysqli_query($conn, "INSERT INTO `movie` VALUES('', '$movie')") or die(mysqli_error());
 
		header('location: index.php');
	}
?>

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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