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How to build group chat system from scratch using html, css, Jquery and php

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Over the past few days, I’ve gotten countless number of requests on how to build a web app chat system. So this very article is strictly base on my audience request. We’re going to work with html and css for the system structure and styling, Jquery for auto page refresh and lastly php for data storing displays information. I believe we already know how. First, we’ll build the chat system input from where users can type in text. If you are following me up, you already know how to build text input field. So without taking much of your time, let’s start by coding out the chat system input box.

Basic understanding for php variables and values

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I so much believe that after this article, you will be able to write php statement that can store data/values inside variables and you can also execute them to achieve your desire results. Before we start writing our first line of codes, I will explain to you the things that are allowed and the things not allow when storing value inside variables. We know that a lot of programming languages does restrict programmers from just giving variables any name, programming language like Java, want the developer to tell the language on what the variable will hold. For example, if a variable to contain users password, you must specified that with the name you will give the variable, but unlike php, you are free to give any variable any name of your choice as the developer.   Php variables rules: 1.     You can give your variable any name of your choice 2.     Variables can hold both number and text 3.     Double quotes is must for a...

How to send users information to php mysqli database using html form

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The world has gotten to the point where web developers can’t really do much without back-end development. No matter the kind of website you’re building, you must deal with database, so in this very article, we’ll be talking about writing some php script to enable us send users information into php mysqli database. We’ll first build html form that will help hold the information that will be send to the database, secondly, we’ll write some line php codes to trigger the action when a user click the send button on the html form. I believe you already know much about how to create html form. Anyways, even though you’re very good at it, we will still make it available to make balance understanding for both new and old developers. First we will make the HTML form with two input fields, one to hold user’s email and the second one is for user’s mobile number. Then we’ll use CSS to style the form a bit and we move over to php for the action script.   HTML form example; <!DOCTY...

Understanding the difference between Computer programming and web development

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As a tech person or someone who have developed interest in becoming programmer, you should understand the words programming and web development. A lot of people think computer programming and web development is all the same thing, but there is a slide difference in them. Computer programming is the process of a computer instructor who is skilled with certain computer programming languages to write out few or more lines of codes, instructing them to carry out specific task. Web development has to do with the full body of those who write content on the internet and those who write programs. So web development is the word used for every individual who carry out a task on the internet fall into the web development category, while those who are capable of writing programs with computer programming language are call programmers. Now that you know difference between a computer programming and web development, it is time to learn about them individually. By doing so, we’ll get to know wh...