PHP-MySQL-Blog-Website-with-Admin-Panel/index.php

<?php 
include 'partials/header.php';

//featured
$featured_query="SELECT * FROM posts WHERE is_featured=1";
$featured_result=mysqli_query($connection,$featured_query);
$featured=mysqli_fetch_assoc($featured_result);

//fetch 9post


$query="SELECT * FROM posts ORDER BY date_time DESC LIMIT 9";
$posts=mysqli_query($connection,$query);


?>


    <?php if (mysqli_num_rows($featured_result) == 1 ) :  ?>
    <section class="featured" >
        <div class ="container featured__container">            
            <div class="post__thumbnail">
                <img src="./images/<?= $featured['thumbnail'] ?>">
            </div>
            <div class="post__info">
                <?php
                //fetch category
                $category_id=$featured['category_id'];
                $category_query="SELECT * FROM categories WHERE id=$category_id";
                $category_result=mysqli_query($connection,$category_query);
                $category=mysqli_fetch_assoc($category_result); 

                $author_id=$featured['author_id'];
                $author_query="SELECT * FROM users WHERE id=$author_id";
                $author_result=mysqli_query($connection,$author_query);
                $author=mysqli_fetch_assoc($author_result);
                            
                ?>
                <a href="category-posts.php?id=<?= $category_id ?>" class="category__button"><?=$category['title']?></a>
                <h2 class="post__title"><a href="post.php?id=<?=$featured['id']?>"><?=$featured['title']?></a></h2>
                <p class="post__body">
                    <?= substr($featured['body'],0,300) ?>...
                </p>
                <div class="post__author-avatar">
                <img src="./images/<?= $author['avatar'] ?>">
                </div>
                
                    <div class="post__author-info">
                        <h5>By: <?= "{$author['firstname']} {$author['lastname']}" ?></h5>
                        <small>
                            <?=date("M d, Y -H:i" , strtotime($featured['date_time']))?>
                        </small>
                    </div>
                </div>
        </div>
    </section>
    <?php endif ?> 
    <!-- ===================END OF FEATURED================-->

    <section class="posts <?= $featured ? "" : "section__extra-margin" ?>">

        <div class="container posts__container">
            <?php while ($post=mysqli_fetch_assoc($posts)) :?>
            <article class="post">
                <div class="post__thumbnail">
                    <img src="./images/<?=$post['thumbnail']?>" >
                </div>
                <div class="post__info">
                <?php
                //fetch category
                $category_id=$post['category_id'];
                $category_query="SELECT * FROM categories WHERE id=$category_id";
                $category_result=mysqli_query($connection,$category_query);
                $category=mysqli_fetch_assoc($category_result); 

                $author_id=$post['author_id'];
                $author_query="SELECT * FROM users WHERE id=$author_id";
                $author_result=mysqli_query($connection,$author_query);
                $author=mysqli_fetch_assoc($author_result);
                            
                ?>
                    <a href="category-posts.php?id=<?=$post['category_id']?>" class="category__button"><?=$category['title']?></a>
                    <h3 class="post__title"><a href="post.php?id=<?=$post["id"]?>" >
                        <?=$post['title']?>
                    </a></h3>
                    <p class="post__body">
                    <?= substr($post['body'],0,150) ?>...                    
                    </p>
                    <div class="post__author">
                        <div class="post__author-avatar">
                        <img src="./images/<?= $author['avatar'] ?>">
                        </div>
                        <div class="post__author-info">
                            <h5>By: <?= "{$author['firstname']} {$author['lastname']}" ?></h5>
                            <small>
                            <?=date("M d, Y -H:i" , strtotime($post['date_time']))?>
                            </small>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>

            </article>
            <?php endwhile ?>
        </div>
    </section>



    <!--=====================================================================
    ==========================END OF THE POSTS===============================
  =================================================================== -->
  <section class="category__buttons">
    <div class="container category__buttons-container">
        <?php 
        $all_categories_query="SELECT * FROM categories ";
        $all_categories_result=mysqli_query($connection,$all_categories_query);

        ?>
        <?php while ( $category=mysqli_fetch_assoc($all_categories_result) ) : ?>
        <a href="<?=ROOT_URL?>category-posts.php?id=<?=$category['id']?>" class="category__button"><?=$category['title']?></a>
        <?php endwhile?>
    </div>
  </section>
  <!--=======================END OF CATEGORY ===================================-->
<?php
include './partials/footer.php';
?>