Blood Bank Donor Management System (BBDMS) PHPProject

Overview

The Blood Bank Donor Management System (BBDMS) phpproject is a web-based application designed to facilitate the management of blood donors, blood banks, and hospital requests. The system helps in registering donors, tracking blood inventory, and coordinating blood requests between hospitals and blood banks. It is built using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Features

• Donor registration and login
• Blood inventory management
• Hospital blood request system
• Donor donation history tracking
• Automated email notifications for donors and hospitals
• Responsive design for mobile, tablet, and desktop devices

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Prerequisites

1. XAMPP (or any local server environment supporting PHP and MySQL):

   • Download and install XAMPP from here.

2. Git (optional, for cloning the repository):

   • Download and install Git from here.

3. Web Browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, etc.)

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Installation Steps

Step 1: Download the Project

• Download or clone the phpproject project from the repository:

  Option 1: Download the ZIP

  • Download the ZIP file from the repository.
  • Extract the ZIP file, and you will get a folder named bbdms.

  Option 2: Clone using Git

  • Run the following command in your terminal to clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/RajaCS5x/phpproject.git

Step 2: Move the Project to XAMPP's htdocs Folder

• After downloading or extracting the bbdms folder, move the entire folder to the htdocs directory inside your XAMPP installation folder. By default, it is located at:

  C:\xampp\htdocs\

Step 3: Move the Project to XAMPP's htdocs Folder

• Open XAMPP Control Panel.
• Start the Apache and MySQL modules.

Step 4: Set Up the Database

• Open your browser and navigate to phpMyAdmin:

bash Copy code http://localhost/phpmyadmin Create a new database for the project:

Click on New in the sidebar. Name the database (e.g., bbdms_db). Click Create. Import the database structure:

In the newly created database, click on the Import tab. Choose the bbdms.sql file from the database folder inside the bbdms project folder. Click Go to import the database structure and data.

Step 5: Configure the Project

Open the config.php file inside the bbdms folder. Update the database connection details as needed: php Copy code $servername = "localhost"; $username = "root"; // Default XAMPP username $password = ""; // Default XAMPP password (leave empty) $dbname = "bbdms_db"; // Name of the database you created

Step 6: Run the Project

Open your web browser and go to:

bash Copy code http://localhost/bbdms You will be directed to the Blood Bank Donor Management System homepage.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.