PHP Attendance Management System

Abstract

1. Introduction

PHP Attendance Management System is a time and attendance management platform designed to help HR in managing employee attendance lifecycle from time tracking to scheduling and understand the true value of their Human Resources.

PHP Attendance Management System provides complete attendance visibility into your global workforce in real-time and a better user experience, so you can keep your people engaged and help them grow.

2. Objective

PHP Attendance Management System is a time & attendance management platform designed to help HR in managing employee attendance lifecycle.

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

4. Technology Stack

5. System Requirements

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

• See the project README for exact requirements
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/alexisbriandev/php-attendance-management-system.git
cd php-attendance-management-system

1. Download or clone the repo to your desktop.
2. Change directory cd my-app
3. Run composer install
4. Import my-app/database/database.sql to your MySQL or MariaDB Server, create a user and grant all rights to the imported DB
5. Rename .env.example to .env
6. Update database config DB_DATABASE=, DB_USERNAME=, DB_PASSWORD=, and DB_HOST= in .env file.
7. Run php artisan key:generate
8. Run php artisan serve to open live application.

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 alexisbriandev and published on GitHub under the Apache License 2.0. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.