Laravel 11 Driver & Booking System

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1.1 - Create Laravel Project

composer create-project laravel/laravel car-booking-system

1.2 - Configure Database (.env)

DB_DATABASE=car_booking_db
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

1.3 - Start the Server

cd car-booking-system
php artisan serve

2.1 - Create Migration Files

php artisan make:migration create_drivers_table
php artisan make:migration create_customers_table
php artisan make:migration create_bookings_table

2.2 - Define Table Schema

// create_drivers_table.php
public function up(): void
{
    Schema::create('drivers', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->id(); // Auto-incrementing ID
        $table->string('name'); // Driver's name
        $table->string('phone')->unique(); // Unique phone number
        $table->string('national_id')->unique(); // Unique NIC
        $table->string('vehicle_type'); // e.g., Car, Van
        $table->string('vehicle_id')->unique(); // License Plate
        $table->timestamps(); // created_at and updated_at
    });
}

2.3 - Run Migrations

php artisan migrate

car-booking-system/
├── app/
│   ├── Http/
│   │   ├── Controllers/  // Logic මෙතන
│   │   │   ├── DriverController.php
│   │   │   └── AdminController.php
│   │   └── Middleware/
│   │       └── IsAdminMiddleware.php
│   └── Models/             // Database සබඳතා
│       ├── Driver.php
│       └── User.php
├── database/
│   └── migrations/       // Table ව්‍යුහය
├── resources/
│   └── views/            // HTML (Blade files) මෙතන
│       ├── drivers/
│       │   └── create.blade.php
│       └── layouts/
│           └── app.blade.php
└── routes/
    └── web.php             // URL මෙතන

4.1 - Define Routes (routes/web.php)

use App\Http\Controllers\DriverController;

Route::get('/drivers/create', [DriverController::class, 'create']);
Route::post('/drivers', [DriverController::class, 'store']);

4.2 - Create Controller & Logic

// DriverController.php
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Driver;

public function store(Request $request)
{
    // 1. Validate: දත්ත නිවැරදිදැයි පරීක්ෂා කරන්න
    $validatedData = $request->validate([
        'name' => 'required|string|max:255',
        'phone' => 'required|string|unique:drivers',
        'national_id' => 'required|string|unique:drivers',
    ]);

    // 2. Save: දත්ත database එකට save කරන්න
    Driver::create($validatedData);

    // 3. Redirect: සාර්ථක පණිවිඩයක් සමඟින් redirect කරන්න
    return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Driver registered!');
}

5.1 - Create Admin Middleware

php artisan make:middleware IsAdminMiddleware

5.2 - Add Logic to Middleware

public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
{
    if (auth()->check() && auth()->user()->is_admin) {
        return $next($request); // User is admin, continue
    }
    return redirect('/'); // Not an admin, redirect
}

5.3 - Protect Routes

Route::middleware(['auth', 'is_admin'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('/admin/dashboard', [AdminController::class, 'dashboard']);
});