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A read-only page from a MySQL database - no JavaScript, no form handling
<?php include 'database.php'; ?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name=viewport content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title> Read the Shoutbox DB </title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<header>
<h1>My Shoutbox</h1>
</header>
<div id="shouts">
<ul>
<!-- begin PHP code below -->
<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM shouts ORDER BY id DESC";
$shouts = mysqli_query($conn, $query);
// the PHP while-loop displays database query results, row by row
// with each row enclosed in LI tags
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($shouts)) {
echo '<li>';
echo $row['name'] . ': '; // put a colon and a space after name text
echo $row['shout'];
echo ' [ ' . $row['date'] . ' ]'; // put brackets around date text
echo '</li>';
}
?>
<!-- end PHP code -->
<!-- everything else on this page is normal HTML, no JavaScript -->
</ul>
</div>
<footer>
<p style="text-align: center;">Read-only example from a MySQL database</p>
</footer>
</div> <!-- close container -->
</body>
</html>
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macloo commented Jan 24, 2023

Revised Jan. 23, 2023

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