👻 LihimBoard

This is an imageboard PHP application that follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern.

🚀 Features

• 🕵️ Anonymous Posting
• 🔑 Tripcode Identification for Users
• 💬 Commenting System
• 📂 Category-based Posts
• 📄 Pagination for Posts
• 👀 View All Posts
• ⭐ Featured Post
• 🔍 Search Post
• 🎨 Color Themes / Dark Mode

📋 Prerequisites

• PHP
• MySQL
• Composer

🛠️ Project Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/jemcv/lihimboard.git
   cd lihimboard
   composer install
   

2. Set up the database:

   • Import the SQL file located at config/schema.sql into your MySQL database.

3. Configure the database connection:

   • Update the config.php file with your database credentials.

4. Update php.ini for larger image uploads (optional):

   • If you want to allow larger image uploads, you need to update your php.ini file.
   • Locate your php.ini file.
   • Open the php.ini file in a text editor and increase the following settings:

     upload_max_filesize = 2M
     post_max_size = 2M

   • Restart your web server to apply the changes.

🖥️ Running the Server

To start the server, run the following command:

php -S localhost:8888 -t public

🌐 Usage

Navigate to http://localhost:8888 in your web browser to access the application.

🔍 Linter

This project uses PHP_CodeSniffer for linting. To check for coding standard violations, run:

vendor/bin/phpcs

🧪 Testing

This project uses PHPUnit for testing. To run the tests, use the following command:

vendor/bin/phpunit

📊 Diagram

The diagram visually represents the relationships as follows:

erDiagram
    CATEGORIES ||--o{ POSTS : "has"
    POSTS ||--o{ COMMENTS : "has"

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CATEGORIES has a one-to-many relationship with POSTS. This means each category can have multiple posts.

POSTS has a one-to-many relationship with COMMENTS. This means each post can have multiple comments.

🗂️ Project Structure

lihimboard/
├── config/
│   └── config.php              # Database configuration
├── public/
│   ├── index.php               # Main entry point
│   └── uploads/                # Uploaded images directory
├── src/
│   ├── routes                  # Handles all the routes
│   ├── Router                  # Router class
│   ├── Database.php            # Database connection
│   ├── Controllers/            # Contains all the controllers
│   ├── Models/                 # Contains all the models
│   └── Views/                  # Contains all the views
├── tests/                      # Test files
├── composer.json               # Composer dependencies and autoload info
└── README.md                   # Project documentation

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT license.