CounselHelper

This project is a mock system for choice filling and saving options used in CSAB and AKTU counselling. It also allows users to check last year’s cutoffs to make more informed decisions.

🧩 CounselHelper

A powerful **Mock Counselling Helper** for AKTU and CSAB aspirants. Practice choice filling, save your mock choices as PDF, and access last year's cutoffs — all in one place!

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📖 Description

CounselHelper is designed to simulate counselling for AKTU and CSAB aspirants.
With it, you can:

• Practice mock choice filling (for both AKTU & CSAB).
• Save your filled choices as a PDF for future reference.
• Access last year’s cutoffs to make more informed decisions.

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✨ Features

• ✅ Persistent User Data – Saves each user’s name & rank combination from their first login, allowing them to return and continue their choice filling without losing data.
• 🔒 Data Integrity – Ensures that user data remains well-separated and prevents any mismatches across users.
• 🆔 Unique Identification – Restricts multiple accounts per user by using their rank as a unique key, ensuring secure and clean data management.

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📂 Project Structure

• CounselHelper/
  • index.html – Main index page
  • config.php – Database configuration
  • aktu.sql – Database structure file
  • assets/ – Main page assets (CSS, JS, images, etc.)
  • csab/ – CSAB mock choice filler system
  • helper/ – AKTU last year cutoff helper
  • mock/ – AKTU mock choice filler (includes Python PDF generator)

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend: PHP
• Frontend: HTML, CSS (TailwindCSS), JavaScript
• Additional Scripts: Python (for processing & PDF generation)
• Database: MySQL

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⚙️ Installation

1. Import the Database:

   • Upload aktu.sql to your MySQL database.
   • Populate AKTU & CSAB tables with the latest year’s data.

2. Update Configurations:

   • Update database credentials in config.php.
   • Update database connection in mock/converter.py (line 49).

3. Run the Project:

   • Host the project on a PHP-supported server (e.g., XAMPP, WAMP, Live Server).
   • Access index.html in your browser.

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🧩 Database Structure

Here’s a visual representation of the database:

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📖 Usage

• You are free to modify, rewrite, and extend this repository.
• Contributions are welcome! Fork, improve, and submit a pull request.

If you use this project in your own work, please provide proper credits and link back to this repository.

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👤 Contributors

• @arkagrawal (Author)

Want to contribute? Fork the repo, add your features, and make a pull request!

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📜 License & Credits

This project is open for educational and personal use.
If you use it, please give credits to the author and link this repository in your project.

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Made with ❤️ by Ark Agrawal