How to Create a Login System in PHP for Beginners - Procedural MySQLi - PHP Tutorial

Overview

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Learn how to create a comprehensive login system in PHP for beginners using procedural MySQLi. Dive into essential web development concepts including error handling, MySQL databases, login forms, and signup forms. Follow step-by-step instructions to build a functional user authentication system, covering database connections, script creation for signup and login processes, and implementation of security measures. Explore how to display content for logged-in users, create welcome messages, and handle logout functionality. Gain practical experience in PHP programming while building a real-world web application feature.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- How to get my lesson files
- What will you learn in this video?
- What security will we use?
- It's Procedural PHP, not OOP PHP
- If you get a error along the way...
- A demonstration of what we will make
- What YOU should have ready before we start!
- Creating our Header and Index pages
- Creating our Signup and Login pages
- Creating a connection to our database
- Creating our database
- Creating our Signup script
- Creating our Signup functions
- Testing our Signup system
- Creating Signup page error messages
- Creating our Login script
- Creating our Login functions
- Creating Login page error messages
- Changing our website when user is logged in
- Testing our Login system
- Creating our Logout script
- Creating a welcome message when logged in
- Outro