T9 Phonebook Application

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Setup Instructions
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Database Setup
• Running the Application
• Running Tests
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Introduction

This is a T9 Phonebook application built with PHP and MySQL. It allows users to add and search for phonebook entries using a T9 predictive text search method.

Features

• Add phonebook entries (lastname, firstname, phonenumber)
• Search entries using T9 predictive text input

Setup Instructions

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following software installed on your machine:

• PHP (version 8.3 or higher)
• Composer
• SQLite
• Git

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/phonebook.git
   cd phonebook

2. Install dependencies using Composer:

   composer install

Database Setup

1. Create the database file:

   touch database/phonebook.db

2. Run the setup script in your terminal to create the necessary tables:

   php database/setup.php

Running the Application

1. Start the PHP built-in server:

   php -S localhost:8000 -t public

2. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000.

Running Tests

1. Ensure the test database file is created:

   touch database/testing.db

2. Run the tests using PHPUnit:

   ./vendor/bin/phpunit tests

Usage

• To add a phonebook entry, fill out the form on the main page and submit.
• To search for entries, use the T9 input method in the search form and submit.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.