🎓 CodeIgniter Online Tutorial Platform

PHP · CodeIgniter · MySQL · MVC · Subscription System · LAMP Stack

A database-driven online education platform built on CodeIgniter — structured video tutorials, subject subscriptions, and an interactive comment/reply system, all on a clean MVC backend.

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🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              USER LAYER                      │
│  Browse · Subscribe · Watch · Comment/Reply  │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────┘
                   │
┌──────────────────▼──────────────────────────┐
│         APPLICATION LAYER (MVC)              │
│                                              │
│  Controllers — request handling, auth        │
│  Models      — DB queries, business logic    │
│  Views       — HTML templates, Bootstrap UI  │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────┘
                   │
┌──────────────────▼──────────────────────────┐
│           INFRASTRUCTURE LAYER               │
│  MySQL — users, content, subscriptions       │
│  Apache — LAMP stack, URL routing            │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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✨ Features

• 📹 Video tutorials organized by subject categories
• 👤 User registration and authentication
• ⭐ Subscription system — follow subjects or instructors
• 💬 Comment and reply system for interactive discussions
• 📚 Category-based content browsing
• 📱 Responsive UI — Bootstrap, desktop and mobile

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	CodeIgniter (PHP)
Architecture	MVC — clean controller/model/view separation
Database	MySQL
Frontend	HTML5 · CSS3 · Bootstrap · JavaScript · jQuery
Server	LAMP (Linux · Apache · MySQL · PHP)

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🚀 Getting Started

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/amarkumar55/CodeIgniter-Online-Tutorial-Platform.git
cd CodeIgniter-Online-Tutorial-Platform

1. Configure Database

Update application/config/database.php:

$db['default'] = array(
    'hostname' => 'localhost',
    'username' => 'your_db_user',
    'password' => 'your_db_password',
    'database' => 'your_db_name',
);

2. Import Database Schema

mysql -u your_user -p your_db_name < database.sql

3. Set Base URL

Update application/config/config.php:

$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/CodeIgniter-Online-Tutorial-Platform/';

4. Run via LAMP

Start Apache and MySQL, then open:

http://localhost/CodeIgniter-Online-Tutorial-Platform/

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📁 Project Structure

application/
├── controllers/      # Auth, Tutorials, Subscriptions, Comments
├── models/           # User, Content, Subscription, Comment models
└── views/            # Blade-style PHP templates + Bootstrap layouts
system/               # CodeIgniter core framework
assets/
├── css/              # Custom stylesheets
├── js/               # jQuery + custom scripts
└── images/           # Static assets

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🌍 Use Cases

• Online learning and video education portals
• Subscription-based content delivery systems
• Academic or skill-based training platforms
• CodeIgniter MVC reference implementation

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🔭 Roadmap

• REST API layer for mobile client support
• Video upload and streaming (AWS S3)
• Payment gateway for premium subscriptions
• Docker + cloud deployment
• Search and filtering across tutorials

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👤 Author

Amar Kumar — Senior Backend Engineer · IBM Certified AI Engineer
📌 LinkedIn · 💻 GitHub

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MVC done right — clean separation of concerns, database-driven content, subscription workflows built from scratch.