The front-end of my restaurant website is already in place; what I still need is a robust PHP backend that lets guests browse the menu, place orders, and pay with ease while giving me the tools to run day-to-day operations. Core features to build • Secure user authentication and account management for two roles—Admin and Customer—complete with registration, login, password resets, session handling, and role-based access control. • Menu management so I can create, edit, activate, or hide items (names, prices, photos, categories) and have those changes reflected instantly on the site and in the ordering flow. • Order processing and real-time tracking: customers should see live status updates (received, in kitchen, ready, completed), and admins must be able to update those states from a dashboard. • Payment integration with PayPal, Stripe, and standard credit/debit cards in a PCI-compliant way. Successful transactions must automatically mark orders as paid and issue confirmations. • Inventory management that deducts ingredients or item quantities per order and warns the Admin if stock dips below a threshold. Deliverables 1. Clean, well-documented PHP code (Laravel or another modern MVC framework is fine) plus a MySQL/MariaDB schema. 2. RESTful endpoints (or GraphQL if you prefer) covering all the features above. 3. A simple web-based admin panel for menu, orders, and inventory. 4. Setup guide so I can deploy on a typical LAMP stack. 5. Brief handover session to walk through the code and database. Acceptance criteria • All user flows tested end-to-end: sign-up → menu browse → checkout → payment → order status updates. • Payments succeed and fail gracefully in sandbox mode for each gateway. • Role permissions enforced (Customers cannot access admin routes). • No critical PHP errors, SQL injections, or unhandled exceptions under load test of at least 50 simultaneous orders. If this aligns with your skill set, let’s get started—the sooner this backend is in place, the sooner customers can start ordering.