Library Management System in PHP and MySQL

The Library Management System is a web-based system used in a library to manage items. It is a software system that helps in maintaining records of all library. A library management system is a Digital library software that keeps track of each book issued, returned, and added to the library.
You can find books in an instant, issue/reissue books quickly, and manage all the data efficiently and orderly using this system. The purpose of a library management system is to provide instant and accurate data regarding any type of book, thereby saving a lot of time and effort.
In this tutorial, you will learn to how manage Library Management System in PHP and MySQL. This is a very simple example, you can just copy-paste, and change it according to your requirements.
Before started to implement the Library Management System in PHP and MySQL, look files structure:
  • library-management-system
    • config
      • Config.php
    • class
      • Author.php
      • Books.php
      • Category.php
      • IssueBooks.php
      • Publisher.php
      • Rack.php
      • User.php
    • templates
      • footer.php
      • header.php
      • left_menus.php
      • menus.php
    • css
      • style.css
    • js
    • images
      • author.js
      • books.js
      • category.js
      • issue_books.js
      • publisher.js
      • rack.js
      • user.js
    • popup
      • add-author.php
      • add-book.php
      • add-category.php
      • add-issue-books.php
      • add-publisher.php
      • add-rack.php
      • add-user.php
  • author.php
  • author_action.php
  • books.php
  • books_action.php
  • category.php
  • category_action.php
  • dashboard.php
  • index.php
  • issue_books.php
  • issue_books_action.php
  • logout.php
  • publisher.php
  • publisher_action.php
  • rack.php
  • rack_action.php
  • user.php
  • user_action.php
Features of library management system:
  • Users/Members records Management
  • Category records Management
  • Author/Writer records Management
  • Publisher records Management
  • Rack records Management
  • Book records Management
  • Issue Books records Management
Step 1: Create the Database and Table
For this tutorial, you need a MySQL database with the following tables:
Create user table to store user login details.
Create book table to store books details.
Create author table to store book author details.
Create publisher table to store publisher details.
Create category table to store book category details.
Create rack table to store book location details.
Create issued_book table to store book issue details.
Create a Database configuration file named Config.php inside config/ folder
Step 2: Create/Manage Users
i- Create a class file named User.php inside class/ folder.
ii- Create HTML file named user.php
iii- Create a JS file named user_action.php to handle GET/POST requests
iv- Create a JS file named user.js to handle Ajax requests, inside the js/ folder
Step 3: Manage Books
i- Create a class file named Books.php inside class/ folder.
ii- Create HTML file named books.php
iii- Create a JS file named books_action.php to handle GET/POST requests
iv- Create a JS file named books.js to handle Ajax requests, inside the js/ folder
Step 4: Manage Issued Books
i- Create a class file named IssueBooks.php inside class/ folder.
ii- Create HTML file named issue_books.php
iii- Create a JS file named issue_books_action.php to handle GET/POST requests
iv- Create a JS file named issue_books.js to handle Ajax requests, inside the js/ folder
Step 5: Manage Book Rack
i- Create a class file named Rack.php inside class/ folder.
ii- Create HTML file named rack.php
iii- Create a JS file named rack_action.php to handle GET/POST requests
iv- Create a JS file named rack.js to handle Ajax requests, inside the js/ folder
Create files named (header.php and footer.php)
This file contains the header and footer section of the webpage. The Bootstrap library is used to provide a better UI, so, include it in the header and footer section.
header.php
menus.php
footer.php