PHP CRUD Create

PHP CRUD Create, edit, update and delete
posts with MySQL database
Creating, editing, updating and deleting content on a website is what makes the site dynamic.
That's what we are going to be doing in this post.
A user who visits our site will be able to create posts that will be saved in a mysql database,
retrieve the posts from the database and display them on the web page. Each post will be
displayed with an edit and delete button to permit the user to update posts as well as delete
them.
First, create a database named crud. In the crud database, create a table called info. The info
table should have the following columns:
 id - int(11)
 name - varchar(100)
 address - varchar(100)
Yap! Just two fields. I'm trying to keep things simple here. so, let's move on to the next step.
Create a file called index.php and paste in it the following code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CRUD: CReate, Update, Delete PHP MySQL</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" action="server.php" >
<div class="input-group">
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" value="">
</div>
<label>Address</label>
<input type="text" name="address" value="">
</div>
<button class="btn" type="submit" name="save"
>Save</button>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
If you save and open the site on your browser, you get something like this:
Petit formulaire nom design

Doesn't look like the best form in the world right? Let's fix that. Add this line directly below
the <title> tag in the head section of your index.php file:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
Thats the link to load styling from the stylesheet file. Let's create the styles.css file and add
this styling code in it.
body {
font-size: 19px;
}
table{
width: 50%;
margin: 30px auto;
border-collapse: collapse;
text-align: left;
}
tr {
border-bottom: 1px solid #cbcbcb;
}
th, td{
border: none;
height: 30px;
padding: 2px;
}
tr:hover {
background: #F5F5F5;
}
form {
width: 45%;
margin: 50px auto;
text-align: left;
padding: 20px;
border: 1px solid #bbbbbb;
border-radius: 5px;
}
.input-group {
margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
}
.input-group label {
display: block;
text-align: left;
margin: 3px;
}
.input-group input {
height: 30px;
width: 93%;
padding: 5px 10px;
font-size: 16px;
border-radius: 5px;
border: 1px solid gray;
}
.btn {
padding: 10px;
font-size: 15px;
color: white;
background: #5F9EA0;
border: none;
border-radius: 5px;
}
.edit_btn {
text-decoration: none;
padding: 2px 5px;
background: #2E8B57;
color: white;
border-radius: 3px;
}
.del_btn {
text-decoration: none;
padding: 2px 5px;
color: white;
border-radius: 3px;
background: #800000;
}
.msg {
margin: 30px auto;
padding: 10px;
border-radius: 5px;
color: #3c763d;
background: #dff0d8;
border: 1px solid #3c763d;
width: 50%;
text-align: center;
}
Now let's check our form out in the browser again:
That's better!
I usually like to separate my HTML code from my PHP code as much as possible. I consider
that good practice. On that note, let's create another file called php_code.php where we
implement all php functionalities like connecting to the database, query the database and the
like.
So open php_code.php and paste the following code in it:

<?php
session_start();
$db = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', '', 'crud');
// initialize variables
$name = "";
$address = "";
$id = 0;
$update = false;
if (isset($_POST['save'])) {
$name = $_POST['name'];
$address = $_POST['address'];
mysqli_query($db, "INSERT INTO info (name, address) VALUES

('$name', '$address')");
$_SESSION['message'] = "Address saved";
header('location: index.php');
}
// ...
Now include this file at the top (the very first line) of your index.php file. Like so:
<?php include('server.php'); ?>
At this point, all that this code does is connect to the database, initialize some variables and
saves submitted data from the form to the database in the info we created earlier. That's only
the CReate part of CRUD. Let's proceed with the others.
Now visit again your index.php file and add this code right under the <body> tag:
// ...
<body>
<?php if (isset($_SESSION['message'])): ?>
<div class="msg">
<?php
echo $_SESSION['message'];
unset($_SESSION['message']);
?>
</div>
<?php endif ?>
This code displays a confirmation message to tell the user that a new record has been created
in the database.
To retrieve the database records and display them on the page, add this code immediately
above the input form
<?php $results = mysqli_query($db, "SELECT * FROM info"); ?>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Address</th>
<th colspan="2">Action</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<?php while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($results)) { ?>

<tr>
<td><?php echo $row['name']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['address']; ?></td>
<td>
<a href="index.php?edit=<?php echo
$row['id']; ?>" class="edit_btn" >Edit</a>
</td>
<td>
<a href="server.php?del=<?php echo
$row['id']; ?>" class="del_btn">Delete</a>
</td>
</tr>
<?php } ?>
</table>
<form>
// ...
Let's create a new record and see if this stuff works:
..and voila!! It works perfect!
Now we move onto editting. At the top of your index.php file (immediately after the include
statement) add the following code:
<?php
if (isset($_GET['edit'])) {
$id = $_GET['edit'];
$update = true;
$record = mysqli_query($db, "SELECT * FROM info WHERE
id=$id");
if (count($record) == 1 ) {
$n = mysqli_fetch_array($record);
$name = $n['name'];
$address = $n['address'];
}
}
?>
When editting a database record, we need to put the old values in the form so that they can be
modified. To do so, let's modify our input fields on the form and set those values taken from
the database ($name, $address) as values to the value attribute of the form fields.
Also add a hidden field to hold the id of the record we will be updating so that it can be
recognized in the database uniquely by it's id. This explains it better:
// newly added field

<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $id; ?>">
// modified form fields

<input type="text" name="name" value="<?php echo $name; ?>">
<input type="text" name="address" value="<?php echo $address; ?>">
Remember all of that is in the input <form>.
Now if we click on the edit button on a particular record from the database, the values will be
filled in the form and we will be able to edit them. Since we are editing on the same form as
when we are creating, we have to put a condition that determines the appropriate button to be
displayed. For example, when editing, we display the update button on the form and when
creating, we display the save button. We do this using the update variable which is boolean.
When update is true, the update button is displayed and if false, the save button is displayed.
Replace your save button on the form like this:
Replace ..
<button class="btn" type="submit" name="save" >Save</button>
with...
<?php if ($update == true): ?>

<button class="btn" type="submit" name="update" style="background:
#556B2F;" >update</button>
<?php else: ?>
<button class="btn" type="submit" name="save" >Save</button>
<?php endif ?>
Now if we run this on the browser and click the edit button, we get this:
Now you can see it is the update button that is displayed. Let's add the code that will be
executed when this button is clicked.
Open php_code.php file and add this code at the button:
// ...
if (isset($_POST['update'])) {
$id = $_POST['id'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$address = $_POST['address'];
mysqli_query($db, "UPDATE info SET name='$name', address='$address'

WHERE id=$id");
$_SESSION['message'] = "Address updated!";
}
Now change the values in the form and click the update button.
Great!
One last thing: deleting records. Just add this code at the end of you php_code.php file and
you're good to go:
if (isset($_GET['del'])) {
$id = $_GET['del'];
mysqli_query($db, "DELETE FROM info WHERE id=$id");
$_SESSION['message'] = "Address deleted!";
}
If you click the delete button, it deletes the record from the database and displays the message
just like the other actions.
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Conclusion
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posts with MySQL database

Create a file called index.php and paste in it the following code:

Petit formulaire nom design

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">

Now let's check our form out in the browser again:

So open php_code.php and paste the following code in it:

mysqli_query($db, "INSERT INTO info (name, address) VALUES

<?php include('server.php'); ?>

<?php $results = mysqli_query($db, "SELECT * FROM info"); ?>

<?php while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($results)) { ?>

Let's create a new record and see if this stuff works:

..and voila!! It works perfect!

// newly added field

// modified form fields

Remember all of that is in the input <form>.

Replace your save button on the form like this:

<button class="btn" type="submit" name="save" >Save</button>

<?php if ($update == true): ?>

Open php_code.php file and add this code at the button:

mysqli_query($db, "UPDATE info SET name='$name', address='$address'

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