Introduction

In colleges and universities, student enrollment and payment processes can become complex and time-consuming with manual methods. Automating these processes can bring increased efficiency, accuracy, and transparency. A student payment system is a critical administrative tool that allows institutions to manage student fees, make payments, and view balance information. In this project, we will build a complete student payment system from scratch using PHP as our programming language.

This payment system will enable administrators and students to:

• view student information
• access payment options
• apply payments
• check outstanding balances
• track historical payments

In this comprehensive tutorial, we will show you how to set up and use the Student Payment System with a step-by-step guide, sample projects, and source code snippets.

System Requirements and Prerequisites

1. PHP 7 or greater
2. A MariaDB or MySQL database installation
3. Apache as the web server (Windows, Linux, or any other platform)
4. A text editor (Like Notepad++, Visual Studio Code, etc)

In this tutorial, we assume that you have some programming knowledge and are familiar with PHP and SQL database commands.

Step-by-Step Tutorial

I. Setting up the system

1. Download or install PHP, a relational database management system such as MariaDB or MySQL on your local machine, along with a web server of your choice.
2. Create a new folder with a name like 'STUDENT_PAYMENT_SYSTEM'.
3. Create a file names 'config.php' this file will hold database constants and other configuration setting
4. Create database file 'student_payment.db.mysql' and import schema form 'student_payment.schema.db' file.

II. Create Connection to Database

• Step 1: Inside 'config.php' file add following line after opening php tag: 'define('DB_SERVER''localhost');' define( 'DB_USERNAME','DatabaseUsername');' Define any database username.

*   DB_PASSWORD''your Password'));
define('DB_DATABASE=''student_payment'); 'Here define your database name define('DB_PORT','');
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require_once 'connectDB';

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• 1. Database Conecting Code Goes This file

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  $conn=open the database
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        Password Connect to database

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3. Create a file "  student_payment_systemfunction.php"   contain login and register functions. Inside this file we write functionality of login and Registering

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