Welcome to Sundarta, an elegant and user-friendly platform where you can explore and purchase a wide range of beauty products and book rejuvenating wellness services. Indulge yourself in the art of self-care.

Follow these steps to set up the application locally and test it.

Clone the repository to your local machine using Git:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/sundarta.git

Move into the project directory:

cd sundarta

Make sure you have Composer installed. If not, you can install it by following the instructions on the Composer website.

Install all the PHP dependencies:

composer install

Copy the .env.example file to .env (if not already present):

cp .env.example .env

Alternatively, create a new .env file in the root directory with the following content (replace your_db_username and your_db_password with your own database credentials):

DB_USER=your_db_username
DB_PASS=your_db_password
APP_ENV=development
APP_TIMEZONE=Asia/Kolkata

Make sure MySQL is installed on your system. If you're on Windows, you can use a local MySQL server (like XAMPP or WAMP), and on Linux, you should have MySQL or MariaDB installed.

Create a new database in MySQL:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE sundarta_db;

Then import the database schema:

mysql -u your_db_username -p sundarta_db < DB.sql

For testing the application locally, PHP provides a built-in server. Run the following command to start the server on localhost:8000:

php -S localhost:8000

You can now access the application in your browser by navigating to http://localhost:8000.

If you prefer using XAMPP or a different local web server instead of PHP's built-in server, follow these steps:

1. Copy your project folder (sundarta) to the htdocs folder of your XAMPP installation (usually located in C:\xampp\htdocs for Windows or /opt/lampp/htdocs for Linux).

2. Start XAMPP (or your chosen local server).

   • On Windows, launch the XAMPP Control Panel and start Apache and MySQL.
   • On Linux, start Apache and MySQL via terminal or through the XAMPP manager (sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start).

3. Set up the .env file as described in Step 4.

4. Create the database as described in Step 5 (you can use phpMyAdmin on XAMPP to easily create the database if preferred).

5. Access the application by navigating to http://localhost/sundarta in your web browser.

After completing the setup:

• If you're using the PHP built-in server: Open your browser and go to http://localhost:8000.
• If you're using XAMPP or another local server: Open your browser and go to http://localhost/sundarta (adjust the path based on where you placed your project folder).

• Ensure PHP is installed and available in your system's PATH.
• MySQL/MariaDB can be installed separately or as part of WAMP/XAMPP.
• For simplicity, you can install WAMP or XAMPP, which provides a pre-configured PHP + MySQL environment.

• PHP and MySQL/MariaDB can be installed using your package manager (e.g., sudo apt install php mysql-server).
• Make sure to install the necessary PHP extensions (such as pdo_mysql) if they're not installed by default.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.