CI3 User Management System

A complete user management system built with CodeIgniter 3 framework that includes authentication, authorization, and user administration features with DataTables integration.

🚀 Features

• ✅ User registration and authentication system
• ✅ Role-based access control (Admin/User)
• ✅ Admin panel for user management
• ✅ DataTables with search, sort, and pagination
• ✅ Full CRUD operations for users
• ✅ Password security with BCRYPT hashing
• ✅ Client and server-side validation
• ✅ RTL support (Persian/Arabic interface ready)
• ✅ Responsive design with Bootstrap 5

📋 Table of Contents

• Installation
• Database Setup
• Configuration
• Usage
• Project Structure
• Security Features
• API Endpoints
• Contributing
• License

Installation

Prerequisites

• PHP 5.6 or higher
• MySQL 5.7 or higher
• Web server (Apache/Nginx)
• Composer (optional for dependency management)

Steps

1. Clone or download the repository to your web server directory

git clone https://github.com/your-username/ci3-user-management.git

2. Navigate to the project directory

cd ci3-user-management

3. Install dependencies (if using Composer)

composer install

Database Setup

Create the database

CREATE DATABASE task CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

Create the users table

CREATE TABLE `users` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `email` varchar(255) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
  `password` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `role` enum('user','admin') DEFAULT 'user',
  `created_at` timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

Create an initial admin user

INSERT INTO users (name, email, password, role)
VALUES ('Admin User', '[email protected]', '$2y$10$...', 'admin');

Note: Use BCRYPT to hash the password before inserting.

Configuration

Database Configuration

Edit application/config/database.php with your database credentials:

$db['default'] = array(
    'dsn'      => '',
    'hostname' => 'localhost',
    'username' => 'your_username',
    'password' => 'your_password',
    'database' => 'task',
    'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',
    'dbprefix' => '',
    'pconnect' => FALSE,
    'db_debug' => (ENVIRONMENT !== 'production'),
    'cache_on' => FALSE,
    'cachedir' => '',
    'char_set' => 'utf8',
    'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
    'swap_pre' => '',
    'encrypt'  => FALSE,
    'compress' => FALSE,
    'stricton' => FALSE,
    'failover' => array(),
    'save_queries' => TRUE
);

URL Configuration

Edit application/config/config.php to set your base URL:

$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/task/';

Usage

Accessing the System

1. Open your browser and go to: http://localhost/task
2. Use the default admin credentials to log in
3. Access the user management panel under "Admin" section

Default Routes

• / - Login page (default controller)
• /register - User registration
• /login - Login page
• /logout - Logout
• /profile - User profile
• /admin/users - User management panel

Admin Panel Features

• View all users in a DataTable
• Add new users
• Edit existing users
• Delete users (with safety checks)
• Search and filter users
• Sort by different columns

Project Structure

task/
├── application/                 # Main application directory
│   ├── config/                 # Configuration files
│   │   ├── database.php        # Database settings
│   │   ├── routes.php          # URL routing
│   │   └── ...                 # Other config files
│   ├── controllers/            # Controller classes
│   │   ├── Auth.php           # Authentication controller
│   │   └── admin/
│   │       └── Users.php      # User management controller
│   ├── models/                # Model classes
│   │   └── User_model.php     # User model
│   ├── libraries/             # Custom libraries
│   │   └── UserService.php    # User service
│   ├── views/                 # View templates
│   │   ├── admin/             # Admin panel views
│   │   ├── auth/              # Authentication views
│   │   └── templates/         # Shared templates
│   └── ...
├── assets/                    # CSS, JS, images
├── system/                    # CodeIgniter core
├── index.php                  # Main entry point
└── .htaccess                  # URL rewriting rules

Security Features

Authentication

• Secure password hashing with BCRYPT
• Session-based authentication
• Role-based access control
• Secure password verification

Access Control

• Admin-only access to user management
• Prevention of self-deletion by admin
• AJAX request validation
• CSRF protection (if enabled)

Input Validation

• Server-side validation with Form Validation library
• Email uniqueness check
• Password strength validation
• XSS protection with input filtering

API Endpoints

DataTables API

• GET /admin/users/list - Retrieve users in JSON format for DataTables

User Management API

• POST /admin/users/create - Create new user
• POST /admin/users/edit/{id} - Update user by ID
• GET /admin/users/edit/{id} - Get user data for editing
• POST /admin/users/delete/{id} - Delete user by ID

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support

For support and development questions:

• CodeIgniter Forum: http://forum.codeigniter.com/
• GitHub Wiki: https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/wiki
• Slack: https://codeigniterchat.slack.com

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Project Version: 1.0
Framework: CodeIgniter 3
Created: 2025