Gain insights into modern PHP by delving into POST requests, forms, sessions, and redirects to build a CRUD app with authentication, focusing on pure PHP without frameworks.

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PHP for the Web is a terrific introduction on how to use modern PHP effectively. While there is a lot of material out there about building applications with PHP, most of them focus on using a framework like Laravel or Symfony. By working with pure PHP, you will be able to focus on the core ideas instead of how a particular framework implements them.

In this course, you will learn how to use multiple web technologies like POST requests, forms, sessions, and redirects to build a CRUD application with an authentication system.

By the end, you will have all the ingredients at your disposal to go out and build stunning, dynamic PHP web applications.

PHP for the Web: Learn PHP without a Framework

## Converting index.html into index.php
Now that we have `_header.php` and `_footer.php`, it will be very easy to change the layout of the entire website.
When we make a change to any of these files, it will be picked up on every page because every page includes these two files.
For instance, adding a navigation bar to the page will be very easy.
We will do that in the [next lesson](https://www.educative.io/courses/php-web-learn-php-without-framework/adding-navigation), but first, we need to make sure that every page includes these two snippets.
If you have done all that work in [Bootstrapping](https://www.educative.io/courses/php-web-learn-php-without-framework/bootstrapping), you may have noticed that currently, only the index page doesn't use `_header.php` and `_footer.php`.
That's because this page is a `.html` file and not a `.php` file.
The solution is to rename `index.html` to `index.php` and `include` those snippets in the right places:


# Converting index.html into index.php
Now that we have `_header.php` and `_footer.php`, it will be very easy to change the layout of the entire website.
When we make a change to any of these files, it will be picked up on every page because every page includes these two files.
For instance, adding a navigation bar to the page will be very easy.
We will do that in the [next lesson](https://www.educative.io/courses/php-web-learn-php-without-framework/adding-navigation), but first, we need to make sure that every page includes these two snippets.
If you have done all that work in [Bootstrapping](https://www.educative.io/courses/php-web-learn-php-without-framework/bootstrapping), you may have noticed that currently, only the index page doesn't use `_header.php` and `_footer.php`.
That's because this page is a `.html` file and not a `.php` file.
The solution is to rename `index.html` to `index.php` and `include` those snippets in the right places:


Let's change the '.html' file to the  '.php' file.

Getting Started

Serving Resources

Serving PHP Scripts

Forms

Cookies

Sessions

Authentication

PHP Project Structure

CRUD Part 1: Create

CRUD Part 2: The Rest

File Uploads

Error Handling

Automated Testing

Conclusion

From .html to .php

Converting index.html into index.php