The goal of this assignment is to create a simple blogging application.

This application will include username and password authentication along with the full suite of CRUD tasks for blog posts.

This assignment will also be a test of your overall PHP coding abilities as you will need to make use of a wide range of PHP skills to complete the blogging application. You will be marked using the rubric at the end of this assignment.

Be sure to read over this rubric before you begin coding.

A working version of this assignment can be seen here: http://stungeye.com/school/blog/ (user: ghostface pass: killa) Blog Posts For this assignment a blog post will consist of the following elements:

Title of the Post

Content of the Post

Date/Time Stamp when the Post was saved -- use TIMESTAMP datatype in MySQL (which sets the column value to the current date/time by default) Authentication

Authentication will be handled using simple HTTP authentication. In the sections below I will define the different user stories available to authenticated and unauthenticated users.

Unauthenticated User Stories As an non-authenticated user I should be able to:

View a home page that lists the title, date/time stamp and excerpt of the 5 most recently posted blog entries (in reverse chronological order).

Click the title and "Read Full Post" links on the home page to view a full blog post. Authenticated User Stories As an authenticated user I should be able to:

Post a new blog entry using an HTML form.

Edit any of the existing post using an HTML form.

Delete any of the existing posts.