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.

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# Problem statement

The final challenge of this course is to create tests for the task management application. 

You have to create the following tests in the coding environment provided below:

* `you_need_to_be_logged_in(string $path)`: Test if an unauthenticated user is redirected to the `/login` page.
* `after_logging_in_you_have_access_to_the_list_of_tasks()`: Assert that after logging in, you are redirected to the `/list-tasks` page. 
You can utilize the helper functions provided for your convenience. We have set up two accounts for you already.
* `you_can_create_a_task()`: Login, create a task, and assert if the task has been created. 
* `you_can_edit_a_task()`: Login, create a task, click the edit button, and assert if the obtained task is equal to the expected task. Then, edit the task and assert if the task has been edited.
* `you_can_not_provide_an_empty_string_as_a_task()`: Login, create an empty task, and assert if the right error message shows up.
* `you_can_not_see_other_tasks_of_other_users()`: Login as `matthias` and create a task. Then, log in as `tomas` and assert that you can not see the task created by `matthias`.
* `you_can_not_edit_the_task_of_another_user()`: Login as `matthias` and create a task. Now, log in as `tomas` and access the task created by matthias through the URL by appending the task ID. Assert if the right error message is generated.
* `you_can_mark_a_task_as_done_and_it_disappears_from_the_list()`: Login as `matthias`, create a task, click `Done`, and assert if the user has no task.
* `you_can_not_mark_the_task_of_another_user_as_done()`: Login as `matthias` and create a task. Now, log in as `tomas`, and try marking the task created by `mattias` as done. Assert if the right error message shows up. Login as `matthias` again and assert that the task is still there.

# Problem statement

The final challenge of this course is to create tests for the task management application. 

You have to create the following tests in the coding environment provided below:

* `you_need_to_be_logged_in(string ＄path)`: Test if an unauthenticated user is redirected to the `/login` page.
* `after_logging_in_you_have_access_to_the_list_of_tasks()`: Assert that after logging in, you are redirected to the `/list-tasks` page. 
You can utilize the helper functions provided for your convenience. We have set up two accounts for you already.
* `you_can_create_a_task()`: Login, create a task, and assert if the task has been created. 
* `you_can_edit_a_task()`: Login, create a task, click the edit button, and assert if the obtained task is equal to the expected task. Then, edit the task and assert if the task has been edited.
* `you_can_not_provide_an_empty_string_as_a_task()`: Login, create an empty task, and assert if the right error message shows up.
* `you_can_not_see_other_tasks_of_other_users()`: Login as `matthias` and create a task. Then, log in as `tomas` and assert that you can not see the task created by `matthias`.
* `you_can_not_edit_the_task_of_another_user()`: Login as `matthias` and create a task. Now, log in as `tomas` and access the task created by matthias through the URL by appending the task ID. Assert if the right error message is generated.
* `you_can_mark_a_task_as_done_and_it_disappears_from_the_list()`: Login as `matthias`, create a task, click `Done`, and assert if the user has no task.
* `you_can_not_mark_the_task_of_another_user_as_done()`: Login as `matthias` and create a task. Now, log in as `tomas`, and try marking the task created by `mattias` as done. Assert if the right error message shows up. Login as `matthias` again and assert that the task is still there.

Now, write tests for different features of the task management application using what we have learned in this chapter.

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

Project Challenge: Create Tests

Problem statement