Library Management System Final Year PHP Project

• Admin login for this final year project
• Admin dashboard with total books, categories, authors, publishers, librarians, and students
• Issued, returned, pending return, overdue, and unpaid fine statistics
• Recent issue and return activity feed
• Pending book request alerts
• Admin profile update
• Admin password change with current password verification
• Library name and default issue period settings
• Librarian CRUD with search and status filter
• Librarian activate/deactivate and password reset
• Student CRUD with auto Library ID
• Student status management and issue history
• Category CRUD with book count and active/inactive status
• Author CRUD with linked books detail
• Publisher CRUD with book count
• Book CRUD with title, ISBN, category, author, publisher, edition, price, rack, quantity, and cover image
• Book available vs issued quantity tracking
• Book request approval/rejection with admin notes
• Book issue with due date validation
• Book return with late days and automatic fine calculation
• Fine amount per day and max issue days settings
• Paid/unpaid fine tracking
• Printable reports for inventory, issued books, returns, pending returns, fines, students, and librarians

• Librarian login for this final year project
• Librarian dashboard with books, available copies, issued books, overdue records, students, and pending requests
• Overdue alerts and pending request summary
• Librarian profile update
• Librarian password change
• Desk activity summary
• Student create, search, edit, and delete where allowed
• Student issue history view
• Book create, search, list, and edit
• Available/issued count viewing
• Book request review
• Approve, reject, or proceed to issue from request
• Issue books to active students
• Pre-fill issue screen from approved book request
• Return books and calculate fines
• View fine records
• Mark collected fines as paid
• Issue, return, pending return, and fine reports with print support

• Student registration in this final year project
• Auto-generated Library ID such as LIB001
• Student login through role selector
• Forgot password using email, Library ID, and phone verification
• Student dashboard with Library ID, account status, issued books, returns, unpaid fines, and overdue alerts
• Browse books with search by title, author, category, publisher, or ISBN
• Filter books by category and availability
• Book cards with cover, price, and availability badge
• Book detail page with full specs and author information
• Submit request for available book
• View book requests by status
• Edit pending request notes and expected return date
• Cancel pending book request
• View issued books with active, overdue, returned filters
• Due date badges and overdue warning
• Return history with late days and fine amount
• Fine listing with paid/unpaid filter
• Detailed fine record view
• Profile update with name, phone, department, and address
• Password change
• Public landing page included in this final year project
• Unified login with Admin, Librarian, and Student role selector
• Role-based access control using requireRole()
• Flash success/error messages
• PDO prepared statements
• Password hashing with password_hash() and password_verify()
• Input sanitization using htmlspecialchars()
• Email, phone, ISBN duplicate validation
• Business rule: unavailable books cannot be issued
• Business rule: users/books with active issues cannot be deleted
• Inactive students cannot receive new book issues
• Book cover image uploads to uploads/covers/
• Bootstrap 5.3.2 UI
• Font Awesome icons
• Role-specific portal themes
• Auto-detected base path with optional override
• One-click setup.php installer
• Migration support for book request table
• Suitable for final year project demo, viva, source code review, and report preparation

• Copy the final year project folder to your web server document root:
  • XAMPP: C:\xampp\htdocs\Library Management System\
  • WAMP: C:\wamp64\www\Library Management System\
• Start Apache and MySQL.

• Configure database credentials in config/database.php if needed:

  define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
  define('DB_NAME', 'library_management');
  define('DB_USER', 'root');
  define('DB_PASS', '');

• Open the installer:

  http://localhost/Library Management System/setup.php

• The installer will:
  • Create database library_management
  • Create all tables
  • Import seed data
  • Set correct password hashes for default accounts

• Open the application:

  http://localhost/Library Management System/

• Direct panel URLs:
  • Admin: /admin/dashboard.php
  • Librarian: /librarian/dashboard.php
  • Student: /user/dashboard.php
  • Login: /auth/login.php
• If login fails after manual import, run setup.php once to refresh password hashes.

Admin

• Email: [email protected]
• Password: admin123

Librarian

• Email: [email protected]
• Password: librarian123

Student

• Email: [email protected]
• Password: user123