UsedCars

A web application for buying and selling used cars, built with PHP and MySQL.

Overview

UsedCars is a platform that allows users to:

• Browse car listings with detailed search functionality
• Create and manage car sale advertisements
• Save searches for later reference
• Register and manage user profiles
• Admin approval system for listings

Features

Advanced Search

• Filter cars by multiple criteria:
  • Make and model
  • Year range
  • Mileage range
  • Price range
  • Fuel type
  • Transmission type
  • Drive type
  • Engine displacement
  • Power output

User Management

• User registration and authentication
• Profile management
• Different permission levels (Admin/User)
• Saved searches functionality

Advertisement Management

• Create detailed car listings with multiple images
• Admin approval system for new listings
• Comprehensive car details including:
  • Technical specifications
  • Price
  • Description
  • Contact information
  • Multiple photo upload

Technical Details

Backend

• PHP 7+ with strict typing
• MySQL database
• PDO for database operations
• Custom MVC-like architecture

Frontend

• Responsive design
• Mobile-first approach
• Custom CSS
• JavaScript for interactive features

Security Features

• Password hashing
• CSRF protection
• Input sanitization
• Prepared SQL statements
• Session management

Project Structure

├── classes/           # Core PHP classes
├── core/             # Core initialization
├── css/              # Stylesheets
├── functions/        # Helper functions
├── images/           # Static images
├── js/              # JavaScript files
├── slike_oglasa/    # User uploaded images
└── baza/            # Database scripts

Database

The application uses a MySQL database with tables for:

• Users (korisnik)
• Advertisements (oglasi)
• Images (slika)
• Saved searches (pretrage)
• Admin accounts (admin)

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Import the database schema from baza/skripta.sql
3. Configure database connection in core/init.php
4. Ensure the slike_oglasa directory is writable
5. Configure your web server to serve the application

Requirements

• PHP 7.0 or higher
• MySQL 5.7 or higher
• Web server (Apache/Nginx)

License

© 2023 UsedCars.com, All rights reserved.

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