Practical PHP 7, MySQL 8, and MariaDB Website Databases: A Simplified Approach to Developing Database-Driven Websites

© Adrian W. West and Steve Prettyman 2018

Adrian W. West and Steve PrettymanPractical PHP 7, MySQL 8, and MariaDB Website Databaseshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3843-1_8

8. Create a Product Catalog

Adrian W. West¹  and Steve Prettyman²

(1)

Colyton, Devon, UK

(2)

Key West, Florida, USA

 

In the previous chapters, you have learned the basics of PHP and MySQL/MariaDB. These concepts have provided a foundation that can be used to create a full database-driven website. In this chapter, we will use these skills and an example product catalog to create a fully functional database-driven site. Most e-commerce websites incorporate a catalog to display products and services. Some websites use catalogs to display items that cannot be purchased over the Internet, ...