🌟 My-Blog Application 🌟

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Made with ❤️ by [Ahmed Al-Sanadi]

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✨ Overview

Welcome to My-Blog, a PHP-based blog platform where users can create, manage, and explore blog posts with ease. With a simple and intuitive interface, anyone can share their thoughts and ideas with the world! 🌍

✨ Features

• 🔐 User Authentication: Sign up, log in, and log out with secure authentication.
• ✏️ Blog Management: Create, edit, and delete blog posts seamlessly.
• 🖼️ Image Upload: Upload images for your blog posts (supports JPG, PNG, GIF formats).
• 🏷️ Categories & Tags: Add categories and tags to organize your blog posts.
• 📱 Responsive Design: The design adapts beautifully to different devices.
• 🔒 Security First: We prioritize your security with input sanitization, hashed passwords, and error handling.

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📚 Table of Contents

• Installation
• Database Setup
• Project Structure
• Routes
• Controllers
• Contributing
• License

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⚙️ Installation

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ahmedalsanadi/my-blog.git
   cd my-blog

2. Install Required PHP Extensions:
   Ensure PHP environment has the PDO extension for MySQL.

3. Configure Database:
   Modify the db.php file in app/config/ with your database details:

   const DB_HOST = 'localhost';
   const DB_USER = 'root';
   const DB_PASSWORD = '';
   const DB_NAME = 'blog';

4. Import Database:
   Run the following command to import the database schema and sample data:

   mysql -u root -p blog < ./Database/blog.sql

5. Run the App:
   Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost/my-blog.

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🗂️ Database Setup

• The database schema is located in the ./Database/blog.sql file.
• Import the schema with:

  SOURCE ./Database/blog.sql;

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📁 Project Structure

my-blog/
├── app/
│   ├── config/              # Configuration files
│   ├── controllers/         # Handles logic for blog and user
│   ├── models/              # Models interacting with the database
│   └── router/              # Route handler
├── pages/                   # Static pages
├── views/                   # HTML templates
├── uploads/                 # Directory for blog images
├── Database/                # Database schema
└── index.php                # Main entry point

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🌐 Routes

Here are the key routes of the application:

• /home: View all blogs on the homepage.
• /about: Learn more about this blog platform.
• /contact: Contact form for reaching out.
• /sign-in: Log in to your account.
• /sign-up: Register a new account.
• /blog/create: Create a new blog post (requires login).
• /blog/edit?id={id}: Edit an existing blog post.
• /blog/delete?id={id}: Delete a blog post.

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🛠️ Controllers

• BlogController: Handles actions like listing blogs, creating, editing, and deleting.
• UserController: Manages user authentication (sign-in, sign-up, logout).

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Follow these steps to contribute:

1. Fork this repo.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Added some feature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/my-feature).
5. Open a pull request.

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

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🙌 Credits

Made with ❤️ by [Ahmed Al-Sanadi]

⭐ Star this repo if you find it useful!