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PHP for the Web is a terrific introduction on how to use modern PHP effectively. While there is a lot of material out there about building applications with PHP, most of them focus on using a framework like Laravel or Symfony. By working with pure PHP, you will be able to focus on the core ideas instead of how a particular framework implements them.

In this course, you will learn how to use multiple web technologies like POST requests, forms, sessions, and redirects to build a CRUD application with an authentication system.

By the end, you will have all the ingredients at your disposal to go out and build stunning, dynamic PHP web applications.

PHP for the Web: Learn PHP without a Framework

## Giving a choice to the user
Consider we want to give the user the option to select which picture to show.
We should start with downloading another picture from the [internet](https://pixabay.com/) and saving it to the `public/`.
For this exercise,  a picture of an apple on a stack of books is chosen.
It is saved to `public/apple.jpg`.

Let's give the user a choice by adding a `select` element to the form:

# Giving a choice to the user
Consider we want to give the user the option to select which picture to show.
We should start with downloading another picture from the [internet](https://pixabay.com/) and saving it to the `public/`.
For this exercise,  a picture of an apple on a stack of books is chosen.
It is saved to `public/apple.jpg`.

Let's give the user a choice by adding a `select` element to the form:

Getting Started

Serving Resources

Serving PHP Scripts

Forms

Cookies

Sessions

Authentication

PHP Project Structure

CRUD Part 1: Create

CRUD Part 2: The Rest

File Uploads

Error Handling

Automated Testing

Conclusion

Adding a Select Element to the Form

Giving a choice to the user