PHP and MySQL Web Development 4th Ed-tqw-_darksiderg

Adding New Articles
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and title = '".$post['title']."'
and body.postid is NULL";
$result = $conn->query($query);
if (!$result) {
return false;
}
if($result->num_rows>0) {
$this_row = $result->fetch_array();
$id = $this_row[0];
}
if($id) {
$query = "insert into body values
($id, '".$post['message']."')";
$result = $conn->query($query);
if (!$result) {
return false;
}
}
return $id;
}
This function is long but not overly complex. It is only long because inserting a posting
means inserting entries in the header and body tables and updating the parent article’s
row in the header table to show that it now has children.
That is the end of the code for the web forum application.
Adding Extensions
There are many extensions you could add to this project:
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You could add navigation to the view options so that from a post, you could navigate
to the next message, the previous message, the next-in-thread message, or the
previous-in-thread message.
You could add an administration interface for setting up new forums and deleting
old posts.
You could add user authentication so that only registered users could post.
You could add some kind of moderation or censorship mechanism.
Look at existing systems for ideas.