Browsing & discovering movies (Client-Side)
- Homepage: featured now-showing + upcoming.
- Movie detail pages: posters, synopsis, runtime, cast, trailer (embedded), and showtimes grouped by theatre and date.
- Search & filter: by city, date, movie, language, format (2D/3D).
Customer registration & profile
- Standard signup (email + password) with email verification.
- Profile: saved payment method (tokenized), past bookings, preferences.
Selecting show & seats
- User picks theatre → screen → showtime.
- Seat map displays availability (available, reserved, occupied).
- Selecting seats creates a temporary hold for N minutes (e.g., 10 minutes) to prevent double booking.
Checkout & payments
- Show price calculation: base price + seat modifiers + taxes + discounts.
- Payment via gateway; use server-side verification and webhooks to confirm payment.
- On success: finalize booking, mark seats as sold, generate ticket with unique code/QR, send email/SMS.
Booking history & e-tickets
- Customers see bookings, download tickets (PDF) or show ticket with QR at theatre.
- Booking lifecycle: pending → paid → completed OR cancelled/refunded.
Admin panel
- CRUD movies, theatres, screens, seats, shows.
- Schedule shows (bulk import available).
- Override bookings, refund, view analytics (show-wise revenue, occupancy).
- Manage promotional codes, surge pricing.
Theatre panel
- Theatre owners manage screens and seat maps, approve shows, start/stop running shows for their theatre.
- Real-time controls: mark a show as started (opens access to check-in) or stopped (cancels future sales).
Project Overview
- Project Name: Movie Ticket Booking System Project
- Developer: Yugesh Verma
- Application Type: Web Application
- Language Used: PHP
- Recommended PHP Versions: 5.6, 7.4
- Database: MySQL
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Included:
- Complete PHP & MySQL source code
- Database file (.sql)
- Documentation for setup
💡 Note: This system is ideal for educational purposes, project submissions, or for kick-starting a more advanced commercial-grade system.
How to Run the Project
- Download the project and unzip it.
- Go to your XAMPP folder, find the htdocs directory, and paste the extracted project folder in there.
- Open your browser (Chrome/Firefox works best) and go to: http://localhost/phpmyadmin
- Create a new database (use the name given in Readme.txt).
- Click "Import" and upload the .sql file from the DATABASE FILE folder.
- Head to: http://localhost/[YOUR_PROJECT_FOLDER_NAME]/
- Use the login details from the project folder to access the system.
- That’s it! Now you’re ready to explore the Movie Ticket Booking System.
Live Demo & Access
🔗 Front-end Demo: Click here
🔗 Theatre Panel: Click here
🔗 Admin Panel: Click here
🔐 Admin Login: admin / y2asystem
👨💼 Theatre Login: user / password
Note: Demo may have limited access for security.
