Library Management System

An automated system to manage a public library. Admin panel for librarians to control and manage the system easily through an interactive interface.

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Development

The backend of the system is developed on Laravel 4.2 PHP MVC Framework and requires PHP 5.6 with the appropriate MCrypt extension. The front end is built on Edmin Responsive Bootstrap Admin Template (Demo) which is built on Bootstrap v2.2.2 using jQuery and Underscore-Dot-JS

Contribute

For reporting bug about an incorrect file not being processed, open a new issue.
PRs are always welcome to improve exisiting system.

Setup

Prerequisite: Install MySQL (for Linux)

If you don't already have the MySQL Database Server installed, you will need to install it to use this project. If it is installed, you can skip to step 4.

Oracle provides detailed instructions to install MySQL on any Linux distribution. See "Installing MySQL on Linux" for details and instructions.
Altneratively, you can probably install a working MySQL server that is compatible with this project by running:

apt-get update && apt-get install mysql-server

You may be prompted to choose a root password for MySQL during the installation.
You should create a MySQL user for this project, create a database for this project, and may need to give the mysql user permissions to access the database. Instructions to configure the project are provided below.

Unix / Linux / Mac Setup

NOTE: PHP 5.6, the PHP mcrypt extension, and MySQL are required for this project:

apt-get update
apt-get install php5.6 php5.6-mcrypt
git clone https://github.com/prabhakar267/library-management-system
cd library-management-system
[sudo] chmod -R 755 app/storage
composer install
Edit mysql.config.php.sample according to your MySQL configurations and save it in the same directory as mysql.config.php
php artisan migrate
php artisan serve

Windows Setup

Some notes on Windows setup:

MySQL setup

Open this link to Download MySQL Workbench.
Scroll to the bottom and select Microsoft Windows in the Select your Operating System dropdown.
Click download button in front of Windows (x86, 64-bit), MSI Installer at the bottom.
Right-click the downloaded MSI file and select the Install item from the pop-up menu, or double-click the file.
In the Setup Type window you may choose a Complete or Custom installation. To use all features of MySQL Workbench choose the Complete option.
Unless you choose otherwise, MySQL Workbench is installed in C:\%PROGRAMFILES%\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 8.0 edition_type\, where %PROGRAMFILES% is the default directory for programs for your locale. The %PROGRAMFILES% directory is defined as C:\Program Files\ on most systems.

PHP Setup

Obtaining the mcrypt extension for PHP 7+ is not trivial and involves compiling your own PHP build. If your PHP version does not support mcrypt (i.e. if you have PHP 7+), then the easiest way to run Laravel 4.2 applications is to download a compatible version of XAMPP and make sure the app is run with it.

With the above notes in mind, Windows setup is not too tricky:

Open git shell;
cd C:/path/to/xampp/htdocs;
git clone https://github.com/prabhakar267/library-management-system;
cd library-management-system;
composer update;
NOTE: If your PHP version is not compatible with mcrypt you will receive an error here. Do not worry, simply perform these additional two steps:
C:/path/to/xampp5.6.33/php/php.exe artisan clear-compiled
C:/path/to/xampp5.6.33/php/php.exe artisan cache:clear
Create a table for the app via phpmyadmin (or however you prefer);
Edit app/config/mysql.config.php.sample according to your MySQL configurations and save it in the same directory as mysql.config.php;
php artisan migrate

OR IF YOUR PHP IS NOT mcrypt COMPATIBLE:

C:/path/to/xampp5.6.33/php/php.exe artisan migrate

php artisan serve