What are the steps involved in creating a ranking tool for a browser game using PHP?

Issue: Creating a ranking tool for a browser game using PHP involves retrieving player scores from a database, sorting them in descending order, and displaying them on a webpage. PHP Code Snippet: 

<?php
// Connect to the database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "game_database";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Retrieve player scores from the database
$sql = "SELECT player_name, score FROM players ORDER BY score DESC";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    // Output data of each row
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        echo "Player: " . $row["player_name"]. " - Score: " . $row["score"]. "<br>";
    }
} else {
    echo "0 results";
}

$conn->close();
?>

Keywords

PHP ranking tool browser game database integration user authentication

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