In this tutorial, you use the PHP support in the NetBeans IDE to create and run a simple web application.
The example shows how to create a wish list. After you create and deploy the application, it
enables you to share information on wish lists with your friends, such as lists for
wedding, birthday, or holiday gifts. The information is stored in the database that
you create in Lesson 1.
Any registered user is able to view the wish lists of other users,
and you develop this functionality in Lesson 2.
The application supports registration of
new users, a functionality that you develop in Lesson 3.
In Lesson 4 you receive tips for making the code easier to maintain.
Lesson 5 provides you with possible solutions for security issues.
In Lessons 6 and 7 you develop
functionality that enables each registered user to edit their own wish list.
You add styles to improve the appearance of your application by applying a CSS
style sheet in Lesson 8. Finally, you deploy the application on a remote
web server using the hints given in lesson 9.
Code is provided for both users of the MySQL database and users of Oracle Database.
The tutorial uses the mysqli and OCI8 APIs. For users interested in PDO,
a PDO version of the complete tutorial is available for
download.
Note that the PDO_OCI API is experimental!
To follow this tutorial, you need the following software and resources.
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