Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL

Chapter 32. A Blogging Engine

For the second web application sample, we look at writing a multiuser blogging engine. This sample enables users to log in and write journal entries and comment on their own and other users' notes. This sample involves a bit more code than the previous one, although we will see many of the same patterns and strategies.

This chapter discusses

• Installation and running of the sample application

• The application structure

• Highlights of key code from the application

• Suggestions and exercises for further developing and expanding the application