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PHP E-commerce Platform - Clothing Store

A PHP-based e-commerce platform designed for selling clothes. This project provides a fully functional online store where users can browse products, add them to a shopping cart, place orders, and receive support via a question-based chatbot. The system includes features like user authentication, order management, product history, product comments, and a fully functional admin panel to manage products, orders, and users.

Notice!

• This project is using Procedural PHP . I don't use any Frameworks like Laravel or Symfony in here.

Features

• User Registration/Login, Password Reset using Email Verification
• Product Catalog with Category Filter
• Product History (Tracks and displays user interaction with products)
• Product Comments (Users can leave reviews and feedback on products)
• Shopping Cart (Add, Remove, Edit items)
• Order Management (Order History for Users)
• Send feedback to Admin with Email
• Admin Dashboard (Manage Products, Users, Orders and User Comment)
• Product Statistics ( Statistics by Category and Revenues )
• Payment Integration (Stripe payment)
• Predefined Question-based Chatbot for Customer Support

Tech Stack

• Backend: PHP 8.1.10
• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Database: MySQL
• Additional Libraries: jQuery (for UI interactions), fontawsome ( for using icon), parsedown ( for parsing html code)
• Version Control: Git
• Hosting Enviroment: Laragon ( for local development)

Usage

1. Access the Website: Open your browser and go to http://localhost:8000 or your server's URL.

2. Register an Account: Users can register an account and log in to comment and purchase products.

3. Browse Products: Explore the product catalog, apply filters, and view individual product details.

4. Shopping Cart: Add items to your cart and proceed to checkout.

5. Admin Panel: Access the admin dashboard by logging in as an admin. From here, you can manage products, view orders, and update the user list.

Project Structure

/admin                         # for admin 
/css                           # for CSS styles
/images                        # for slide images
/model                         # Database interaction using PDO
/uploads                       # for storing product images
/vendor                        # Composer dependencies
/view                          # UI templates ( also UI logic)
/index (Controller)            # handles the logic between Model and View

MVC Architecture:

• Models: Handle data interactions with the database.
• Views: HTML templates for the user interface.
• Controllers: Handle requests and responses.

For more details, refer to the database documentation.

Contributing

Welcome to contributions! Here's how you can help:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/new-feature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add new feature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/new-feature).
5. Create a Pull Request.

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