Inventory System

Abstract

1. Introduction

Create an Inventory System using CodeIgniter, MySQL & PHP

2. Objective

🖥️Create an open-source Inventory Management System using CodeIgniter web framework, Php and MySQL. Original source code from an Online Inventory Management Software found on https://codersfolder.com/2018/02/stock-management-system-v2-codeigniter/.

This project demonstrates how PHP, MySQL can be applied to a real-world Full Stack Web Development problem.

3. Key Features / Modules

• Manage Users
• Add new user detail
• View, Update, and remove user information
• Manage Groups
• Add new group information
• View, Update, and remove group information
• Manage Brands
• Add new brand data
• View, Update, and remove brand information
• Manage Category

4. Technology Stack

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• PHP 7.4+ with a web server (XAMPP / WAMP / LAMP)
• MySQL / MariaDB
• phpMyAdmin (optional)
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/ronknight/InventorySystem.git
cd InventorySystem

1. Clone or download files. Add them to your Root folder if you are using XAMMP the location is "C:\xampp\htdocs\InventorySystem".
2. Open PhpMyAdmin from your local Application Server.
3. Create new database and name it as "stock"
4. Import stock.sql to your stock database.
5. Turn On Apache and MySQL on your Application Server Control Panel.
6. Your system show be found on http://localhost/InventorySystem/

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Add role-based access control
• Deploy on a VPS or cPanel hosting with a custom domain
• Add automated tests and a CI pipeline

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. Explain the frontend, backend and database layers of this application.
2. How is user authentication and authorisation implemented?
3. Describe the main database tables / collections and their relationships.
4. Which REST APIs or routes are exposed and what do they return?
5. How would you deploy this application to production?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by ronknight and published on GitHub under the MIT License. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.