Louis Vuitton E-Commerce Platform

A full-stack e-commerce application mimicking a luxury retail experience. Built with vanilla PHP, MySQL, and modern JavaScript (ES6+).

🚀 Key Features

• Secure Authentication: User registration/login with Bcrypt password hashing.
• Database-Persisted Cart: Shopping carts are stored in MySQL and sync across devices (session-independent).
• Admin Dashboard:
  • Full CRUD operations for Products (Add, Edit, Delete).
  • Secure image upload handling (whitelist validation).
  • Order management and tracking.
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): distinct customer and admin roles.
• Asynchronous UX: Seamless "Add to Cart" and updates using Fetch API (no page reloads).
• Responsive Design: Mobile-first CSS layout.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+)
• Backend: PHP 7.4+ (OOP, PDO/MySQLi)
• Database: MySQL (Normalized Schema: Users, Products, Cart, Orders)
• Server: Apache (XAMPP/LAMP)

📂 Project Structure

lv-ecommerce/
├── css/             # Stylesheets (main, shop, cart, admin)
├── js/              # JavaScript modules (Auth, Cart AJAX, Admin CRUD)
├── php/             # Backend Logic
│   ├── db.php       # Database connection
│   ├── auth/        # Login, Register, Session management
│   ├── cart/        # API endpoints for Cart operations
│   └── admin/       # Product management API
├── database/        # SQL Schema (setup.sql)
├── uploads/         # Product images
└── index.html       # Entry point

📦 Installation

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/nahiketema/lv-ecommerce.git

2. Set up the Database:
   • Import database/setup.sql into your MySQL server (via phpMyAdmin or CLI).
   • Configure php/db.php with your DB credentials.
3. Run:
   • Serve the project folder using XAMPP/Apache.
   • Visit http://localhost/lv-ecommerce in your browser.

🎬 Demo

📄 License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.