📚 Plagiarism Report Managing Web Application

A complete role-based plagiarism report managing portal for educational institutions. Built using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and PHPMailer, this system supports three types of users with distinct roles: Admin, Librarian, and Faculty. Users can upload, process, view, and download reports, with secure email-based password recovery.

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🚀 Features

🔐 Authentication & Security

• Role-based login system
• Forgot Password with token-based email reset
• Email notifications via PHPMailer
• Secure password hashing
• Token expiration to prevent misuse

👤 User Roles

🛠 Admin

• Add Faculty and Librarian users
• Delete users
• Reset passwords

📗 Librarian

• View reports uploaded by Faculty
• Upload processed plagiarism reports
• Download reports

📘 Faculty

• Upload reports/documents for plagiarism check
• View reports by date
• Download their own uploaded and processed reports

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Backend: PHP
• Database: MySQL
• Mail Service: PHPMailer

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📦 Installation Instructions

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/pragathi916/Plag_check.git

2️⃣ Install Composer & PHPMailer

If Composer is not installed, download it from: 👉 https://getcomposer.org/download/

Then navigate to the project directory and run:

cd Plag_check
composer require phpmailer/phpmailer

This creates a vendor/ directory with PHPMailer classes.

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⚙️ Configuration

📁 Database Setup

• Import the provided sql.txt file into your MySQL database.
• Update database credentials in config.php:

📧 Email Settings

• Configure SMTP inside files like mailer.php:

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✅ Requirements

• PHP 7.x or higher
• MySQL
• Composer
• XAMPP / Localhost Server