🦉 Two Owls Cafe

A PHP practice project that builds a simple cafe menu ordering system with dynamic menu display, order submission, and receipt generation. Not Mobile / Window Responsive

Files Overview

menu.php

• Displays the cafe menu by fetching items dynamically from a MySQL database.
• Shows item images, names, descriptions, and prices.
• Allows customers to select quantities for multiple menu items.
• Contains a form for customer details (first and last name) and special instructions.
• Includes JavaScript validation to ensure at least one item is selected and customer name is entered.
• Automatically sets a pickup time 20 minutes from order submission.

process_order.php

• Processes the submitted order form.
• Connects to the database to retrieve item names and prices based on selected quantities.
• Calculates and displays an order receipt including:
  • Order number (randomized)
  • Pickup time
  • Each item ordered with quantity and total price per item
  • Overall total, tax, and total with tax
  • Special instructions if provided
• Thanks the customer by name.

cache_header.php

• Prevents browser caching to ensure the website always loads the latest version.

header.php

• Contains the website header, included in both menu.php and process_order.php.

dbinfo.inc

• Stores database connection credentials (username, password, server, database name).

Features

• Dynamic menu fetching from MySQL database.
• Form input validation using JavaScript.
• Order receipt generation with calculated totals and tax.
• Handles special instructions from customers.
• Responsive and styled with embedded CSS.
• Uses PHP includes for modularity (cache_header.php, header.php, dbinfo.inc).

Technologies Used

• PHP for server-side scripting.
• MySQL for database management.
• HTML/CSS for structure and styling.
• JavaScript for form validation.