GBU Portal System – Event Management & Placement Cell

This project is a full-stack PHP-based web system designed to support college operations by providing two integrated portals:

1. Event Management & Registration Portal
2. Placement Cell Student Portal

The system is modular, scalable, and built with real-world deployment in mind. It allows students to interact with college services efficiently while enabling administrators to manage data securely and effectively.

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📌 Project Objectives

• Improve student engagement through centralized digital services.
• Simplify event registration and placement management.
• Provide a real-world deployable system that can be integrated into the college website.
• Ensure equal learning and contribution for both team members.

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🧱 Project Architecture

The project consists of a common landing page that directs users to two independent portals:

GBU Portal System — Event Management & Placement Cell

TL;DR: A lightweight PHP-based system providing two portals: Event Management and Placement Cell, suitable for local development with XAMPP or deployment to any PHP host.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Architecture
• Tech Stack & Requirements
• Installation (Local)
• Configuration
• Quickstart
• Folder Structure
• Contributing
• Security Notes
• License

Features

• Two portals: Event Management (students + admin) and Placement Cell (students + admin).
• Student registration, event sign-ups, profile/resume upload, job listings, and admin dashboards.

Architecture

The app uses a shared landing page that routes to /event/ and /placement/. Common services (DB connection and auth) are in config/ and auth/.

Tech Stack & Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or newer
• MySQL 5.7+ (or MariaDB compatible)
• Apache 2.4+ (XAMPP recommended for local dev)
• PHP extensions: mysqli, pdo_mysql, mbstring, fileinfo, openssl

Installation (Local)

1. Place the project folder in your web server root (for XAMPP: C:\xampp\htdocs\gbu-php).
2. Start Apache and MySQL using the XAMPP control panel.
3. Create a MySQL database for the app and import any provided .sql schema if available.
4. Update database credentials in config/database.php (see Configuration).

Configuration

Edit config/database.php and set the host, username, password, and database variables to match your MySQL server. Do not commit production credentials to version control; keep secrets out of the repository.

Quickstart

1. Start Apache and MySQL (XAMPP).
2. Configure config/database.php with your DB credentials.
3. Import the database schema if provided.
4. Open your browser to http://localhost/gbu-php/ to view the landing page.

Folder Structure (short)

gbu-php/

• index.php — main landing page
• assets/ — CSS, JS, images
• event/ — Event Management portal (student + admin)
• placement/ — Placement portal (student + admin)
• config/database.php — DB connection
• auth/ — login, register, logout handlers

Contributing

Please open issues for bugs or feature requests. To contribute, fork the repo, create a feature branch, and open a pull request. Keep PHP code readable and follow consistent indentation. Add steps here for tests or linters if you want them.

Security Notes

• Sanitize user inputs and validate uploads before saving.
• Use password hashing (password_hash) and HTTPS in production.
• Restrict file upload types and sizes.

License

This project is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap