🚗 Car Rental System

A straightforward PHP-based car rental platform where customers can browse available vehicles, book cars, and manage their rentals—while rental agencies manage their fleet and track bookings.

What This Does

• For Customers: Browse available cars, check prices, and book a vehicle for the dates you need
• For Agencies: Add cars to your fleet, manage bookings, and track rental activity
• Secure Authentication: Separate login systems for customers and agencies with password hashing
• Easy Booking: Simple, intuitive booking interface with date and duration selection

Tech Stack

• Backend: PHP 99.9% (handles all business logic, authentication, and database operations)
• Frontend: Bootstrap + CSS for responsive, clean UI
• Database: MySQL (stores cars, users, and booking information)

Getting Started

What You Need

• PHP 7.4 or higher
• MySQL database
• A web server (Apache, Nginx, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of setting up a PHP project

Quick Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/snehavish595/Car-Rental.git
   cd Car-Rental

2. Set up your database

   • Create a MySQL database named carrental
   • Update credentials in db_connect.php with your database details:

     $servername = "localhost";
     $username = "root";      // Your DB username
     $password = "";          // Your DB password
     $dbname = "carrental";

3. Deploy to your web server

   • Copy files to your web server's document root
   • Access via your browser (e.g., http://localhost/Car-Rental)

How It Works

For Customers

1. Go to customer_register.php → Create an account
2. Log in at customer_login.php
3. Browse available cars on the home page (index.php)
4. Book a car by selecting dates and rental duration
5. Logout when done

For Agencies

1. Sign up at agency_register.php as a rental agency
2. Log in at agency_login.php to access your dashboard
3. Add new cars to your fleet via add_car.php
4. View and manage all cars in view_cars.php
5. Check all bookings for your vehicles in view_bookings.php

Key Files

• index.php - Main customer-facing car browsing page
• customer_login.php / customer_register.php - Customer authentication
• agency_login.php / agency_register.php - Agency authentication
• add_car.php - Agencies add new vehicles to their fleet
• view_cars.php - Agencies manage their car inventory
• view_bookings.php - View all customer bookings
• db_connect.php - Database connection setup
• style.css - Custom styling

Important Notes

⚠️ Security: This project uses basic password hashing. For production, consider adding:

• SQL injection prevention (prepared statements are partially used)
• CSRF token validation
• Input validation and sanitization
• Rate limiting on login attempts

Want to Contribute?

Found a bug? Have an idea for a feature? Feel free to fork the repo and submit a pull request. All contributions are welcome!

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License. Use it, modify it, learn from it—just give credit where it's due.

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Have questions? Open an issue on GitHub and we'll help you out.