What are some common beginner projects in PHP, such as movie or game management systems, that can help improve coding skills?
Creating a movie management system in PHP can be a great beginner project to improve coding skills. This project could involve creating a database to store movie information such as title, genre, release date, and cast. Users could then interact with the system to search for movies, add new movies, or update existing movie details.
<?php
// Connect to the database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "movie_database";
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
// Query to retrieve all movies from the database
$sql = "SELECT * FROM movies";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
// Display the movies
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "Title: " . $row["title"]. " - Genre: " . $row["genre"]. " - Release Date: " . $row["release_date"]. "<br>";
}
} else {
echo "0 results";
}
$conn->close();
?>