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-# codeigniter4-auth-and-user-management
-Codeigniter 4 Login and User Management
+# About Codeigniter 4 Authentication and User Management System
+A simple authentication and user management system for CodeIgniter 4
+
+Benefits:
+
+- Pre-built Dashboard page
+- Pre-built Account page
+- Pre-built Profile page
+- Pre-built Settings page
+- User login, User registration, Recover password functions
+- User acess logs for tracking
+- User Management: Register, Modify, and Delete users
+
+
+Codeigniter 4 Auth and User management provides complete basic authentication system, account viewing, profile editing, and dashboard viewing.
+
+## Getting started
+
+### Installation
+
+1. Download or clone the repo to your desktop.
+2. Change directory `cd my-app`
+3. Import `my-app/database.sql` to your MySQL or MariaDB Server, create a user and grant all rights to the imported `DB`
+4. Rename `.env.example` to `.env`
+5. Change the App url to `app.baseURL = 'http://localhost/my-app/public/'`
+6. Update database config, change the lines at `database.default.database =`, `database.default.username =`, `database.default.password`, and `database.default.hostname =` in .env file.
+7. Run `php spark serve` to open live application.
+8. Alternatively, you can browse the app using a web browser, enter this URL address `http://localhost/my-app/public`.
+9. Login using sample account usernaeme `admin@example.com`, password `admin`
+
+### System Requirements
+
+1. `PHP` >= 7.1.3
+2. `MySQL` 5.x or newer versions
+3. `Nginx` or `Apache` (recommended) http server
+4. Required PHP extensions: `OpenSSL`, `PDO`, `Mbstring`, `Tokenizer`, `Ctype`, `JSON`
+
+If you are running on local development, we recommend using `AMPPS` stack which has all the system requirements [Download AMPPS](https://www.ampps.com/downloads) available in Windows, Mac, Linux Installers.
+
+## Screenshots
+![PHP Attendance Management System - Manager Dashboard](https://i.postimg.cc/5NbGZpJY/manager-dashboard.png)
+
+## Contributing
+
+Thank you for considering contributing to the Codeigniter 4 Auth and User management!
+
+## Security Vulnerabilities
+
+If you discover a security vulnerability within Codeigniter 4 Auth and User management, please submit a pull request. All security vulnerabilities will be promptly addressed.
+
+## License
+
+The Codeigniter 4 Auth and User management is open-source software licensed under the [Apache license 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+
+Copyright (c) 2020-present, Alexis Luna