Library Management System

A full-stack Library Management System built with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL.

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Features

• User registration and login
• Admin dashboard to manage books and users
• Book issue and return system
• Fine calculation on late returns
• Student dashboard to view issued books
• AJAX-based issue request system
• Book recommendations

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How to Set It Up (Locally Using XAMPP)

1. Download and install XAMPP
2. Copy the librarydbms folder to: C:/xampp/htdocs/
3. Start Apache and MySQL from XAMPP Control Panel
4. Open a browser and go to: http://localhost/phpmyadmin
5. Create a new database: librarydb
6. Import the SQL file:

• Go to the Import tab
• Choose: librarydbms/database/librarydb.sql
• Click Go

7. Run the project by visiting: http://localhost/librarydbms

Authors

• Vinayak Mishra
• Sagun Kumar Behera
• Nilanjan Ghosh
• Mrinal Paul

Project Structure

librarydbms/
├── admin/ # Admin interface
├── css/ # Stylesheets
├── database/ # Contains database .sql file
│ └── librarydb.sql
├── dbconnect.php # MySQL connection script
├── index.php # Landing page
├── login.php # Login logic
├── signup.php # User registration
├── student_dashboard.php # Student panel
├── view_books.php # View available books
└── ... (other PHP and JS files)