php-journal

What is this?

An attempt to write a simple web-based journal in PHP. The front-end is pure HTML with no JS, with the logic being handled server-side. Posts and user metadata are stored encrypted at rest using Defuse\Crypto.

What does it require?

Typical LAMP stack - Linux of your preference (developed on Debian), Apache2, MySQL, PHP. Latest versions as of March 5th, 2023.

What can it currently do?

• Register a new user to a "pending_users" table.
• Login using a user on a "users" table.
• Create new posts.
• View existing posts.

What can't it currently do that I want it to do?

• Admin console to move users from pending to main (e.g user activation)
• Edit posts
• Delete posts

What have other people asked for?

• Per-entry random keys, for when you want to scream into the void and then never look at it again

Anything else?

• Styling needs a MASSIVE tidy-up. It's currently raw HTML with no CSS, and the layout is iffy at best.
• Removing the hardcoded credentials is probably a good idea.

How do I use it?

• Set up LAMP stack
• Import schema from included file
• Copy PHP files + composer.json to your web dir of choice
• Run composer update command
• Go to index.php
• ???
• Profit

In current lieu of an admin panel, to activate an account, copy the data in a row of pending-users to users. It will then work for login.