🏦 Banking Management System

A simple, secure, and responsive web application built with PHP and MySQL for managing user accounts and facilitating secure fund transfers. Designed with separate Admin and User roles to demonstrate core banking functionalities.

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✨ Features

This system provides a full suite of banking simulation features, ensuring a clean separation between administrative controls and user operations.

Security & Roles

• Role-Based Access: Dedicated dashboards for Administrators and regular Users.
• Secure Authentication: Secure login and session management across the application.
• Database Transactions (ACID): Fund transfers are wrapped in database transactions to guarantee money is either successfully debited and credited, or rolled back completely in case of failure.

Administrative Features (admin_dashboard.php)

• User Management: Add new users to the system (add_user.php).
• View All Users: Display a list of all accounts and their current balances (users.php).
• Global History: View a complete, chronological history of all transactions across all users (history.php).
• Admin Transfers: Ability to transfer money between any two accounts.

User Features (user_dashboard.php)

• Profile Management: View and update personal profile details and check current account balance (profile.php).
• Fund Transfer: Easily transfer money to any other registered user (transfer.php).
• Personal History: View a filtered list of only their own incoming and outgoing transactions (user_history.php).

UI/UX

• Modern Design: Clean, centered card layout with responsive styling for all screen sizes (managed via styles.css).
• Modular Code: Consistent header and footer implementation using footer.php.

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🛠️ Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up and run the application on your local machine.

Prerequisites

You need a working web server environment with PHP and MySQL support. Recommended setup:

• PHP: Version 7.4 or later
• MySQL: Database server
• Web Server: Apache or Nginx (bundled in packages like XAMPP, WAMP, or MAMP)

Installation

1. Download/Clone: Download all project files from this repository.
2. Extract Files: Place the extracted files in your web server's root directory:
   • For XAMPP: C:\xampp\htdocs\your_project_folder
   • For WAMP: C:\wamp64\www\your_project_folder
   • For MAMP (Mac): /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/your_project_folder
3. Start Services: Ensure your web server (Apache) and database server (MySQL) are running.

⚙️ Database Configuration

1. Create Database: Log into your MySQL server (via phpMyAdmin or command line) and create a new, empty database (e.g., banking_db).
2. Import Schema: Locate the provided .sql file (e.g., banking_db.sql) and import it into the new database.
3. Update db.php: Open db.php and update the connection details:

🚀 How to Run

After setting up the database, navigate to the following URL in your web browser: http://localhost/path/to/your/project/index.php

1. Start by registering a new user.
2. To enable admin features, manually change the user’s role in the database from 'user' to 'admin'.

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🔑 Application Access

Role	Initial Access Page	Key Functionality
Admin	login.php	Full control over users, balances, and global history.
User	login.php	Personal transfers, balance viewing, and personal transaction history.

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👨‍💻 Developer & Credit

This system was conceived and designed to be a secure, modular PHP web application.

© 2025 Banking Management System | Designed by Abhishek Shah

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🤝 Open to Changes

This project is built on standard PHP, MySQL, and HTML/CSS, making it highly flexible. You can modify files to improve:

• Security Enhancements: Improve password hashing or input validation.
• Feature Expansion: Add features like email notifications or transaction descriptions.
• UI/UX Refinements: Enhance the look and responsiveness of the application.

If you have specific suggestions or bug reports, feel free to reach out!