In previous chapters, such as Chapter 8, Adding a Server-Side Framework, and Chapter 9, Adding a Server-Side Database, you learned how to create APIs using Nuxt's default server with Node.js JavaScript frameworks such as Koa and Express. In Chapter 12, Creating User Logins and API Authentication, you learned how to create APIs using an external server with the same Node.js JavaScript framework – Koa.
In this chapter, we will guide you through how to create APIs using an external server with PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (or simply PHP) instead. In Chapter 9, Adding a Server-Side Database, you also learned how to use MongoDB to manage the database. However, in this chapter, we will use MySQL instead, which you used with Koa in Chapter 12, Creating User Logins and API Authentication.
Most importantly, in this chapter, you...
