Php Codeigniter 4: Build Food Ordering Ecommerce Store 2025

Learn to Build a Complete Food Ordering eCommerce Website Using PHP CodeIgniter 4, MySQL, Bootstrap and PayPal

What you'll learn

Learn to setup the necessary tools for building modern web apps

Set up the authentication system in seconds with Shield package

Learn how the MVC structure works in CodeIgniter

Work with Models the professional way

Work with Controllers the professional way

Create your own custom admin panel

Write professional maintainable code

Learn file uploading and how to fully update and delete it

Learn to fix bugs along the way of developing this web app

Integrate your own theme easily

Work with views the professional way

Learn to Perform CRUD operations in the simplest way possible

Learn some advanced routing ways

Handle validation like a pro and prevent user to sensitive date

Work with some SQL complex queries

Learn how to integrate different parts of code together so they can work in the same system

Learn security tips and tricks

Implement an interactive cart system with add, update, and remove item functionality.

Develop a real-time order checkout process with validation and user feedback

Manage orders, products, and users from a custom admin dashboard.

Integrate order status tracking for users (pending, processing, delivered).

Store and retrieve product and order data using MySQL with CodeIgniter’s Query Builder.

Process payments with PayPal securely

Learn to vibe code a bit with Chatgpt and Codeigntier

Requirements

Knowledge of PHP, MySQL and Bootstrap

Very little knowledge of CodeIgniter would help a lot

Description

Do you want to build a real-world eCommerce web application using PHP? This project-based course will teach you how to create a fully functional food ordering store using CodeIgniter 4, one of the most powerful and modern PHP frameworks.In this hands-on course, you will learn how to develop a complete online food store, from database design and user authentication to product management and order processing. You’ll follow best practices using MVC architecture, making your code clean, reusable, and easy to maintain.We’ll start from scratch and cover everything step by step. You’ll build a beautiful, responsive frontend using Bootstrap, and connect it to a robust backend powered by PHP and MySQL. Whether you're a beginner or an intermediate developer, this course will strengthen your skills by teaching you how to create a real eCommerce experience.Technologies & Concepts You’ll Work With:PHP & CodeIgniter 4 (latest version)MySQL DatabaseMVC Pattern and Clean Folder StructureBootstrap for Responsive UIDynamic Category & Product ManagementInteractive Shopping Cart User Registration & Login with SessionsOrder Placement & Tracking (Admin/User)Custom Admin Panel for Managing Store DataForm Validation & Flash MessagingBy the end of this course, you’ll have a complete, professional-grade food ordering website — and more importantly, the skills to build your own eCommerce projects from scratch.If you’re serious about becoming a back-end or full-stack developer, this course will help you turn your PHP knowledge into real-world web applications that businesses need.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Installation

Lecture 2 Installing Xampp

Lecture 3 Installing Visual Studio Code

Section 3: Getting Started and Creating Authentication System with Shield

Lecture 4 Design and Code of the Project

Lecture 5 Creating our Project with CodeIgniter pt.1

Lecture 6 Creating our Project with CodeIgniter pt.2

Lecture 7 Creating Authentication System with Shield

Lecture 8 Creating Master Template and Working with Index Page

Section 4: Getting Deeper and Building the Main Parts of the Project

Lecture 9 Displaying Categories

Lecture 10 Displaying Products for every Category

Lecture 11 Displaying Products Details

Lecture 12 Displaying Related Products

Lecture 13 Showing Categories in the Shop Page

Lecture 14 Showing More Products for every Category in Shop Page pt.1

Lecture 15 Showing More Products for every Category in Shop Page pt.2

Section 5: Working on Cart and Checkout and Paying with PayPal

Lecture 16 Adding Products to Cart

Lecture 17 Validating Adding to Cart

Lecture 18 Displaying Products in Cart

Lecture 19 Working on Total Price for Products

Lecture 20 Deleting Products from Cart

Lecture 21 Preparing Checkout

Lecture 22 Working with Checkout pt.1

Lecture 23 Working with Checkout pt.2

Lecture 24 Paying with PayPal pt.1

Lecture 25 Paying with PayPal pt.2

Lecture 26 Validating Paying and Checkout

Section 6: Creating User Pages and Finishing up Users Side

Lecture 27 Displaying Orders for every User

Lecture 28 Updating User Info pt.1

Lecture 29 Updating User Info pt.2

Lecture 30 Validating and Cleaning up

Lecture 31 Finishing Users End

Section 7: Getting Started with Admin Panel and Authentication System

Lecture 32 Design and Code for the Admin Panel

Lecture 33 Creating Authentication System pt.1

Lecture 34 Creating Authentication System pt.2

Lecture 35 Validating Auth System pt.1

Lecture 36 Validating Auth System pt.2

Section 8: Perfecting Admins Section

Lecture 37 Working with Index Page

Lecture 38 Displaying All Admins

Lecture 39 Creating New Admins

Section 9: Perfecting Categories Section

Lecture 40 Displaying All Categories

Lecture 41 Creating New Categories with Images

Lecture 42 Deleting Categories with Images

Lecture 43 Updating Categories with Images

Section 10: Perfecting Products Section

Lecture 44 Displaying All Products

Lecture 45 Creating New Products

Lecture 46 Deleting Products with Images

Section 11: Perfecting Orders Section

Lecture 47 Displaying All Orders

Lecture 48 Updating Order Status

Lecture 49 Validating Form Inputs

Beginner to intermediate PHP developers who want to build real-world projects using CodeIgniter 4.,Students and self-taught programmers looking to strengthen their skills by creating a full eCommerce food ordering system step by step.,Freelancers and aspiring web developers who want to learn how to develop client-ready, scalable eCommerce applications.