ClassiPHPied PHP Classified Ads System (Free Download)

ClassiPHPied is a simple PHP Classified Ads System. This is not a “we have a load of features, but you won’t even use half of them” kind of system. Just a basic one, with the essentials to help you get started quickly – Be it for a small business, or expanding on top of it.

 

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LICENSE & DOWNLOAD

ClassiPHPied is released under the MIT License. You are free to use it for personal and commercial projects, and modify it as you see fit. On the condition that the software is provided “as-is”. There are no warranties provided and “no strings attached”. Code Boxx and the authors are not liable for any claims, damages, or liabilities.

GitHub | SourceForge

 

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REQUIREMENTS

• LAMP/WAMP/MAMP/XAMPP
• Apache Mod Rewrite
• PHP MYSQL PDO Extension
• PHP OpenSSL Extension
• At least PHP 8.0

 

INSTALLATION

Just access http://your-site.com in your browser and walk through the installer. Login at http://your-site.com/admin.

 

 

 

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I DELETED ALL ADMIN ACCOUNTS

require "lib/CORE-Go.php";
$_CORE->load("Users");
$_CORE->Users->save("NAME", "EMAIL", "PASSWORD");

Just create an “account recovery” script to create a new account (or update an existing one). Run and delete this afterward.

 

CHANGED DOMAIN OR PATH

• Update HOST_BASE in lib/CORE-Config.php. Make sure to include the path (with a trailing slash) if not deployed at the base URL. E.G. http://site.com/classiphpied/
• Delete the existing .htaccess file.
• Create init.php.
  • require "lib/CORE-Go.php";
  • $_CORE->Route->init();
• Access http://site.com/init.php, this will automatically regenerate the .htaccess file.
• Delete init.php.
• Clear the service worker and browser cache if you want to be “totally safe”.

 

 

PAGES ARE NOT RESOLVING OR SHOWING PROPERLY

• Make sure that MOD_REWRITE is enabled in Apache.
• Make sure that AllowOverride is set properly in Apache.
• If using https://, make sure that your SSL cert and virtual host are properly set.
• In Mac/Linux, make sure that Apache/PHP has permission to read the files and folders.

Here is a quick “working example” of a test site on my WAMP server:

<VirtualHost site.com:443>
  DocumentRoot "D:\http"
  ServerName site.com:443
  SSLEngine On
  SSLCertificateFile "C:/xampp/apache/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt"
  SSLCertificateKeyFile "C:/xampp/apache/conf/ssl.key/server.key"
  <Directory "D:\http">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

 

MANUAL INSTALLATION

• Create a database and import all lib/SQL-*.sql in ascending order.
• Open lib/CORE-Config.php, update the settings to your own.
  • The host settings.
  • Database settings.
  • If you want to develop mobile apps, consider enabling CORS.
  • Set your own JWT secret key, and the issuer to your domain or company name.
• Run $_CORE->Route->init() to create .htaccess.
• Create your own admin user. See “deleted all admin accounts” above.
• Update index.php.
  • require __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "lib" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "CORE-Go.php";
  • $_CORE->load("Route");
  • $_CORE->Route->run();

 

I WANT TO CHANGE THE DATE FORMAT

Login > under system settings section > there are 4 “MYSQL date/time format” settings, change them accordingly. These are simply formats for the MYSQL DATE_FORMAT() function.

 

 

NOT WORKING. DON’T KNOW WHY.

Open the developer’s console, reload the page and see the error message.

• How To Debug Javascript – Very Simple Guide
• How To Debug PHP – Very Simple Guide

 

UNABLE TO GENERATE JSON WEB TOKEN KEYS

Make sure that your OpenSSL is properly installed.

• Linux
  • It is as simple as sudo apt-get install openssl.
  • Or yum install openssl for the CentOS users.
  • Then, php -i | grep -i openssl.
• Windows – I am using XAMPP and OpenSSL is already included. But a hiccup got me stumped for a while.
  • Start > Search for “system environment” > “Edit the system environment variables” > “Environment variables”.
  • Add a new system variable called OPENSSL_CONF and point it to the openssl.cnf file. By default, it is located at xampp\php\extras\openssl\openssl.cnf.

 

 

BUILT ON CORE BOXX

Yep, Classified is built on Core Boxx. At least go through the very short 4 steps tutorial here.

 

FOLDER STRUCTURE

• assets/ Public images, Javascript, CSS, etc…
• lib/ Core engine and library files.
  • API-AAA.php The API endpoints. Will be deployed at http://site.com/api/AAA/.
  • CORE-CCC.php Core engine files. Try not to mess with these.
  • HOOK-HHH.php Hooks to modify the behavior of some modules.
  • LIB-LLL.php Library files.
  • SQL-SSS.php SQL database files. Can actually delete these after installation.
• pages/ HTML pages and template.
  • PAGE-PPP.php “Normal” pages. Will be deployed at http://site.com/PPP/.
  • ADM-AAA.php Protected admin pages. Will be deployed at http://site.com/admin/AAA/.
  • TEMPLATE-TTT.php HTML page template.
  • MAIL-MMM.php Email templates.

 

THE FRAMEWORKS

ClassiPHPied is built with:

• Bootstrap and Google Material Icons
• PHP JSON Web Token
• TinyMCE
• HTML2PDF
• Core Boxx modular PHP framework.
  • Core Boxx Users Module
  • Heavily modified Core Boxx Dynamic Content module.

 

 

DATABASE TABLES

USERS

Field	Description
user_id	The user ID, primary key.
user_level	“U” for users, and “A” for admin.
user_name	The user name.
user_email	The user’s email address.
user_password	The password. Encrypted.

Field	Description
user_id	User ID, primary and foreign key.
hash_for	“A” for account activation, “P” for password reset.
hash_code	Random hash code.
hash_time	Timestamp. For expiry and anti-spam.
hash_tries	Use this to limit the number of tries, or dish out “strikes”.

 

SYSTEM

Field	Description
setting_name	Primary key.
setting_description	Description of the setting.
setting_value	The value of the setting.
setting_group	Setting group. 0 – “Hidden” system settings and definitions. 1 – User changeable settings.

 

CLASSIFIEDS

Field	Description
cat_id	Category ID, primary key.
parent_id	Parent ID. Categories with parent_id=0 are main categories. Categories with parent_id>0 are subcategories.
cat_name	Category name.
cat_desc	Category description, if any.

Field	Description
cla_id	Classified ID, primary key.
cla_title	Title (255 characters max).
cla_summary	A short summary (255 characters max).
cla_text	The body text.
cla_date	Date when the ad is posted.
cla_end	Date when the ad expires.
cla_person	Contact person (or company).
cla_email	Contact email.
cla_tel	Contact telephone number.

Field	Description
cla_id	Partial primary key and foreign key.
slot_id	Partial primary key.
img_file	Image file attached to the ad.

Field	Description
cla_id	Partial primary key and foreign key.
cat_id	Partial primary key and foreign key.