Core PHP Blog

A clean, modern, and responsive blogging platform built in Core PHP. Easily create, manage, and publish articles with category support, image uploads, user authentication, and a modern Bootstrap-powered interface.

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✨ Features

• Beautiful, mobile-friendly public blog with Bootstrap 5 UI
• Admin dashboard for article & category management
• WYSIWYG article creation (title, content, image, categories, publish date)
• Article image upload, shown in articles and lists
• Category badges and management
• Pagination on both public and admin lists
• Contact form with PHPMailer support
• User authentication (login/logout)
• Clean, modular PHP code (no framework)
• Ready to run on XAMPP/Laragon/any LAMP local setup

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📁 Folder & File Structure

Core_php_blog/
├── admin/                # Admin dashboard & article/category management
│   ├── index.php         # Admin home/list articles
│   ├── new-article.php   # Add new article form
│   ├── edit-article.php  # Edit article
│   └── ...
├── classes/              # Project PHP classes (Article, Category, Auth, etc.)
├── css/                  # Custom & 3rd-party CSS (Bootstrap is CDN)
│   └── styles.css
├── js/                   # JS scripts (validation, datetimepicker, etc.)
├── include/              # Common includes (header, footer, db, pagination)
├── uploads/              # Uploaded article images (must be writable!)
├── article.php           # Single public article view
├── index.php             # Public blog/article list
├── contact.php           # Contact form
├── login.php, logout.php # Authentication
├── config.php            # Core project config
├── cms.sql               # Database schema
└── README.md             # This file

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Clone this repo:

   git clone https://github.com/Umar-444/Core_php_blog.git

2. Import the database:
   • Use the provided cms.sql file to create your MySQL tables.
3. Configure DB & SMTP:
   • Update /config.php with your database and SMTP email settings.
4. Create the uploads folder:
   • In your project root, create a folder named uploads (make it writable: chmod 777 uploads on Linux/Mac, or set permissions in Windows).
5. Run locally:
   • Place the folder in your local webserver (e.g., C:/laragon/www/Core_php_blog/ for Laragon)
   • Access via your browser: http://localhost/Core_php_blog/
6. Login to Admin:
   • Default user: create one directly via DB or /create_user.php script if provided.

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🖼️ Image Uploads

• When adding or editing an article, you can upload a featured image.
• Images are saved in /uploads/ and served automatically in articles and lists.
• Make sure this folder exists and is writable (see Quick Start step 4).

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🤝 Contact & Branding

Umar FarooQ
LinkedIn
GitHub (@Umar-444)
Email: Umarpak995@gmail.com

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Feel free to reach out for issues, suggestions, or collaboration! If you use or modify this project, please star and share :)