CRUD refers to the four basic types of Database operations: Create, Read, Update, Delete. Most applications and projects perform some kind of functionality. CRUD operations are basic data manipulation for databases. We've already learned how to perform create(i.e. insert), read(i.e. select), update, and delete operations in the previous chapter. In this tutorial, we'll create a simple PHP application to perform all these operations on a MySQL database table in one place. Well, let's start by creating the table which we'll use in all of our examples.