Forestory

A small web app for generating a synthetic forest in a database and running simple selective-logging scenarios. You pick a minimum cutting diameter (regimes 45–60 cm), and the app works out volumes, which trees are cut, rough damage from felling, and a simple 30-year growth step, then shows stand tables and charts.

It was built to run locally on XAMPP (Apache, PHP, MySQL), not as a public website.

What you need

• XAMPP or similar (PHP 8+, MySQL).
• A MySQL database named tree (or change it) with the tables the project uses. There is no full SQL dump in this repo. I used a database set up for the assignment.

How to run it

1. Put the folder under htdocs (or your web root).
2. Create the database and tables, or restore from a dump if you have one.
3. Copy .env.example to .env and set DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, and DB_NAME. If you skip .env, it defaults to localhost, root, empty password, and database tree.
4. In the browser, open something like http://localhost/forestory/index.html, then use Generate New Forest and Select Regime from the menu.

Config files

• .env — your local database settings (not committed).
• .env.example — example only.
• config/env.php and config/database.php — load .env and open the MySQL connection.

License

MIT. Built by dxisoon.