PHP 8 for Absolute Beginners: Basic Website and Web Application Development

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6. Databases, MVC, and Data Objects

Jason Lengstorf¹  , Thomas Blom Hansen² and Steve Prettyman³

(1)

No 392, Portland, OR, USA

(2)

Kirke Saaby, Denmark

(3)

Palm Bay, FL, USA

 

Objectives

After completing this chapter, you will be able to

• Understand how to create MySQL/MariaDB databases

• Manipulate data in MySQL/MariaDB tables

• Design a database table structure

• Use PHP for secure interaction with MySQL/MariaDB databases

• Organize PHP scripts with a model-view-controller approach

• Create and use PHP Data Objects

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