# StoreWeb E-commerce Website - Summary

## Project Overview

Congratulations! You now have a fully functional e-commerce website with the following features:

### Frontend Features
- Modern, responsive design using HTML5, CSS3 (Flexbox/Grid)
- Vanilla JavaScript for interactivity (no external frameworks)
- Fully responsive and mobile-friendly
- Clean UI/UX similar to popular e-commerce platforms
- Product cards with hover effects
- Shopping cart with badge indicator
- Product filtering by category and price
- Favorites system with heart icons

### Backend Features
- PHP backend with procedural programming approach
- MySQL database with secure PDO connections
- User registration and login with password hashing
- Session-based authentication
- Product management system (CRUD operations)
- Shopping cart persistence (localStorage and database sync)
- Order processing simulation
- Admin panel for product management
- Robust role-based access control (RBAC)
- Product image upload functionality

## Project Structure

```
storeweb/
│
├── assets/
│   ├── css/
│   │   └── style.css          # All styling
│   ├── js/
│   │   ├── main.js            # Main frontend functionality
│   │   └── admin.js           # Admin-specific functionality
│   ├── images/                # Product images (currently empty)
│   └── uploads/               # Uploaded product images
│
├── includes/
│   ├── config.php             # Configuration settings
│   ├── db.php                 # Database connection
│   ├── functions.php          # Helper functions
│   ├── header.php             # Site header
│   ├── require_admin.php      # Admin access middleware
│   └── footer.php             # Site footer
│
├── admin/
│   ├── index.php              # Admin dashboard
│   ├── login.php              # Admin login redirect
│   ├── products.php           # Product management
│   ├── add_product.php        # Add new product form
│   ├── edit_product.php       # Edit product form
│   ├── delete_product.php     # Delete product endpoint
│   ├── manage_users.php       # User management
│   ├── update_user_role.php   # Update user role endpoint
│   ├── delete_user.php        # Delete user endpoint
│   └── orders.php             # Order management
│
├── auth/
│   ├── login.php              # User login
│   └── register.php           # User registration
│
├── cart/
│   ├── index.php              # Shopping cart
│   └── checkout.php           # Checkout process
│
├── products/
│   ├── index.php              # Product listing with filters
│   └── view.php               # Product detail page
│
├── index.php                  # Homepage
├── favorites.php              # Favorites page
├── storeweb.sql               # Database schema and sample data
├── create_admin.php           # Admin user creation script
├── test_role.php              # Role testing page
├── toggle_favorite.php        # Toggle favorites endpoint
├── SECURITY_UPDATES.md        # Security implementation details
├── SECURITY_ENHANCEMENTS.md   # Enhanced security features documentation
├── IMAGE_UPLOAD_FEATURE.md    # Image upload feature documentation
├── CART_SYNC_FIX.md           # Cart synchronization fix documentation
├── CART_IMAGE_FIX.md          # Cart image display fix documentation
├── PAYMENT_METHODS_FEATURE.md # Payment methods feature documentation
├── FAVORITES_FEATURE.md       # Favorites feature documentation
├── README.md                  # Setup instructions
└── SUMMARY.md                 # This file
```

## Database Schema

The database includes the following tables:
- `users` - User accounts with password hashing and role field
- `products` - Product information (with sample data)
- `cart` - Shopping cart items (linked to users)
- `favorites` - User favorite products
- `orders` - Order records with payment method
- `order_items` - Individual items within orders

## Key Functionality

### User Management
- Registration with validation
- Secure login with session management
- Password hashing for security
- Role-based access control (user/admin)
- Admin user management capabilities

### Product Management
- Browse products by category
- Filter products by price range
- View detailed product information
- Admin can add/edit/delete products with images
- Secure administrative actions

### Shopping Cart
- Add/remove products
- Update quantities
- Persistent storage using localStorage
- Syncs with database upon login
- Consistent display across all pages
- Proper image display for products

### Favorites System
- One-click favorite toggling with heart icons
- Persistent storage in database
- AJAX-based interactions
- Visual feedback for favorited items
- Dedicated favorites page
- Consistent across all product pages

### Checkout Process
- Collect shipping information
- Display order summary
- Create orders in database
- Multiple payment methods (Cash on Delivery, Bank Transfer, Mobile Payment, Credit Card)
- Payment method storage with orders

### Admin Panel
- Dashboard with statistics
- Product management interface with image upload
- Add/edit/delete functionality
- User management (promote/demote users, delete accounts)
- Order management
- Secure role-based access control

## Enhanced Role-Based Access Control

### Features Implemented
- Database changes: Added `role` column to users table (ENUM: 'user', 'admin')
- User registration: New users automatically get 'user' role
- Admin creation: Dedicated script to create first admin user
- Session management: User role stored securely in session
- Authorization: Middleware function to protect admin-only pages
- UI feedback: Admin panel link only shown to admin users
- Secure data modification: All actions use POST requests only
- Comprehensive user management: Promote/demote/delete users securely

### Security Enhancements
- Server-side authorization (no frontend-only checks)
- Prepared statements for all database queries
- Proper session management
- Consistent protection across all admin pages
- Principle of least privilege
- Secure HTTP methods for data modification
- Input validation and sanitization
- Prevention of privilege escalation
- Self-modification prevention

## Product Image Upload Feature

### Features Implemented
- Image upload when adding new products
- Image upload when editing existing products
- Display of current image when editing products
- Image display in all product listings and details
- Fallback to placeholder icon when no image is available
- File type validation (JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF)
- Secure file handling and storage

## Cart Synchronization Fix

### Problem Solved
- Fixed issue where products added to cart were not appearing on the cart page
- Implemented proper synchronization between database and localStorage
- Ensured consistent cart display for all users

### Features Implemented
- Server-side cart data fetching for logged-in users
- Client-side synchronization of cart data
- Database-to-localStorage sync when adding items
- Consistent cart display across all pages

## Cart Image Display Fix

### Problem Solved
- Fixed issue where product images were not displaying on the cart page
- Implemented proper URL construction for image paths
- Ensured images appear correctly for all cart items

### Features Implemented
- Proper URL construction to avoid double slashes
- Server-side data passing with SITE_URL
- Correct image display for products with and without images

## Payment Methods Feature

### Features Implemented
- Multiple payment methods tailored for Libya:
  - Cash on Delivery (الدفع عند الاستلام)
  - Bank Transfer (تحويل بنكي) with Libyan banks
  - Mobile Payment (دفع عبر الهاتف) with Libyan networks
  - Credit Card (بطاقة ائتمان)
- Dynamic form fields based on payment selection
- Client-side validation
- Arabic labels for Libyan customers
- Payment method storage with orders

## Favorites Feature

### Features Implemented
- One-click favorite toggling with heart icons
- Persistent storage in database
- AJAX-based interactions
- Visual feedback for favorited items
- Authentication requirement for favorites
- Dedicated favorites page
- Consistent across all product pages
- Improved error handling and user feedback

## Setup Instructions

1. **Prerequisites**
   - Install XAMPP (https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html)
   - Ensure Apache and MySQL services are running

2. **Installation Steps**
   - Place the project folder in your web server directory (e.g., `C:\xampp\htdocs\storeweb`)
   - Start Apache and MySQL services in XAMPP Control Panel
   - Open phpMyAdmin (usually at http://localhost/phpmyadmin)
   - Create a new database named `storeweb`
   - Import the `storeweb.sql` file into the database
   - Access the website at http://localhost/storeweb

3. **Admin Setup**
   - Visit http://localhost/storeweb/create_admin.php to create your first admin user
   - **Important**: Delete `create_admin.php` after creating your admin user for security
   - Login with your admin credentials
   - Access the admin panel at http://localhost/storeweb/admin

## Technologies Used

- **Frontend**: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (Vanilla)
- **Backend**: PHP 7.0+
- **Database**: MySQL
- **Security**: PDO prepared statements, password hashing, role-based access control

## Security Features

- Password hashing using PHP's `password_hash()` function
- PDO prepared statements to prevent SQL injection
- Input sanitization and validation
- Session-based authentication
- XSS prevention through output escaping
- Role-based access control
- Server-side authorization checks
- Secure HTTP methods for data modification
- Prevention of privilege escalation
- Self-modification prevention
- File upload security

## Customization

You can easily customize this e-commerce site by:
- Adding more products through the admin panel
- Modifying the color scheme in `assets/css/style.css`
- Adding product images to the `assets/uploads/` directory
- Extending functionality by adding new PHP files
- Modifying the database schema to include additional features

## Next Steps

To enhance this e-commerce platform, consider:
- Adding a real payment gateway integration
- Implementing product reviews and ratings
- Adding inventory management
- Implementing email notifications
- Adding more advanced filtering and search capabilities
- Implementing user profiles with order history
- Adding wishlist functionality
- Expanding role-based permissions with additional roles
- Implementing image optimization and thumbnails
- Adding cloud storage for images
- Implementing real-time cart updates
- Adding multi-language support
- Creating favorite categories/tags
- Adding social sharing for favorites

Enjoy your new e-commerce website with robust role-based access control, image upload functionality, proper cart synchronization, correct image display, Libyan payment methods, and a fully functional favorites system!