Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to handle files with PHP, which includes creating, writing, reading, and other filesystem-related operations. You also performed some basic, yet powerful, operations against a MySQL database server, creating a database structure and inserting, modifying, and deleting data. Although it might look a bit complex or overwhelming at the beginning, remember: it's like riding a bike – once practiced enough, until you get comfortable with it, you will never forget it (and it will actually get you from point A to point B way faster). In the next chapter, we will cover the concept of error handling, which is essential to identify potential problems in an application, and prevent important details leaking out to your users in the form of nasty error messages.