"Book Exchange" Website

Purpose

This website was done with the purpose of connecting book enthusiasts. It is a marketplace for selling and buying books. Users can list their own books for sale, browse available listings, and contact sellers to arrange exchanges.

Prerequisites

Ensure you have a local server environment installed, such as XAMPP, WAMP, or MAMP, which includes PHP and MySQL. Database configuration - you need to create the database and tables.

Features

• User Authentication:
  • Login functionality(access to "add a book" is restricted to logged in users
  • User registration
• Book management:
  • Add books - with title, author, category etc.
  • Image Upload - adding the book cover
• Responsive desing:
  • Implemented using Bootstrap 5.3 and W3.CSS for mobile-friendly input.
• Location/map integration:
  • Embedded OpenStreetMap showing the physical location of the exchange hub

Technology stack

• Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 5.3, W3.CSS.

• Backend: PHP (Session handling, PDO/MySQLi connections).

• Database: MySQL (Stores user data and book information, including images as BLOBs).

• Server: Apache (XAMPP recommended).

Project Structure

• index.php - The homepage containing the login section, search bar, categories, and recent books
• register.php - Handles new user sign-ups
• search.php - logic for filtering books by category or keyword.
• book_model.php - displays specific details for a single selected book.
• image.php - A helper script that retrieves image data from the database and renders it as an image file.
• about.php - Information about the project, the team, and contact details.

Developer: Draghici Paul-Adrian