ecommerce-php

This PHP ecommerce project was build and deployed on Microsoft Azure on the basis for learning modern real-life practical PHP, the concepts of MVC model for creating complex websites, and to learn to use cloud platforms to deploy apps/websites. To demo this project in local computers, please use Xampp.

Things you need to know to preview this project:

1. How to use xampp offline server enviroment.
   
2. How to find and open localhost port number for xampp.
   
3. How to navigate to and work with phpMyAdmin using xampp and your local browser.
   

To preview this project after downloading, follow these steps:

1. Go to download xampp instraller from https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html and install the software.
   
2. After installing xampp, copy this project to "htdocs" folder in the xampp install folder.
   
3. Start the Apache and MySQL.
   
4. open your desired browser and start the localhost and go to the localhost/phpMyAdmin and create a new batabase with the name "ecommerce".
   
5. Then import the file with .sql file extension from the "database" folder from the project to phpMyAdmin.
   
6. Lastly, go to localhost/ecommerce-php to view the porject.
   

Enjoy