Master PHP CodeIgniter 4: Build a Travel Booking System

What you will learn:

Build a complete travel booking system from scratch
Master CodeIgniter 4 framework
Implement user authentication and authorization
Manage tour packages, customers, and bookings
Integrate PayPal for secure online payments
Develop a responsive admin dashboard
Use Bootstrap for a beautiful front-end
Write clean, reusable, and maintainable code
Handle form validation and security best practices
Master MySQL database interactions
Implement robust search and filtering functionalities
Create a professional portfolio-ready project

Description

Ready to build a real-world travel booking website? This comprehensive course, "Master PHP CodeIgniter 4: Build a Travel Booking System," guides you through creating a fully functional travel agency platform from the ground up. You'll master CodeIgniter 4, a powerful PHP framework, to manage tours, bookings, customer accounts, and secure online payments.

Forget abstract theory – we dive straight into hands-on development. Learn to construct a feature-rich application, including user authentication, tour package management (add, edit, delete, view), customer relationship management (CRM), a robust booking system with integrated PayPal payment processing, and a responsive admin dashboard with insightful statistics and management tools. Along the way, you'll explore crucial concepts such as MVC architecture, routing, controllers, models, views, form validation, CSRF protection, file uploads, search & filtering, and database management using MySQL. We'll cover best practices for secure data handling and code organization to ensure your application is maintainable and scalable.

This course is perfect for aspiring web developers, freelancers, and business owners needing to build powerful web applications. It provides practical, step-by-step instructions, clean, reusable code examples, and a final project you can add to your portfolio. Build a travel agency management system that manages tours, bookings, customers, and payments securely, using the power of CodeIgniter 4.

Enroll now and unlock your potential as a PHP developer!

Curriculum

Introduction

This introductory section sets the stage for the course, providing a comprehensive overview of what you'll be building and the tools you'll need. The "Introduction" lecture provides a roadmap for the course.

Installation and Setup

Get started by learning how to set up your development environment. Lectures cover setting up XAMPP, configuring VS Code, and preparing your system for the project. This sets a strong foundation for the entire development process.

Authentication System Development

Build the core authentication system using the Shield package. You will learn how to create a user registration and login system, integrate a theme, and create a master template to streamline the development process. This crucial section lays the foundation for user management.

Core Feature Development (Countries, Cities)

This section focuses on implementing the foundational data structures for the travel agency. Lectures cover displaying countries and cities, and related database interactions. This builds out fundamental components for managing geographical locations related to tours.

Booking and Payment Integration

In this section, you will learn how to build the booking system and integrate PayPal payments. You'll handle secure payment processing and implement validation for a seamless user experience. This covers a critical aspect of a real-world travel booking system.

User Interface Enhancements (Search, User Pages)

Enhance the user experience by adding features like a deals page, tour deal search, user booking display, and an about page. This section focuses on improving usability and providing insightful information to users.

Admin Panel Development (Authentication)

Develop a dedicated admin panel to manage various aspects of the travel agency. You will create the admin authentication system, ensuring secure access to administrative tools. This section focuses on creating a secure admin portal for managing the travel agency.

Admin Panel - Feature Completion

This section completes the admin panel by adding features to manage admins, countries, cities and bookings. This allows for efficient oversight and management of all aspects of the travel agency.

Booking System Completion

Finalize the booking system by implementing features such as displaying bookings, changing booking statuses, and deleting bookings. This completes the essential booking management functionality.

Security Enhancements

Focus on strengthening security measures by implementing form input validation and protection against CSRF attacks. These vital measures ensure the robustness and security of your application.