Catalat v2.0 is a self-hosted PHP + MySQL/MariaDB catalog & rental system built to help you publish items quickly with a modern Admin Panel, multi-language UI (EN/PT/ES/FR) and SEO-friendly defaults.

Use Catalat to showcase products, services or rental items with photos, categories, pricing and optional location fields (address/region). Visitors browse the mobile-first public catalog and contact you using your preferred workflow (WhatsApp-first, phone, email, etc.).

v2.0 introduces 3 catalog modes (Generic / Real Estate / Vehicles), an optional Blog module, configurable Home & Blog banners/hero blocks, a rich-text editor for content creation, and email features including sender settings and category subscriptions (email alerts) for new items.

Live Demo

Documentation

Public catalog

• Mobile-first responsive public catalog
• Home listing + categories + item page
• Search and pagination
• Remodeled item page:
  • Organized contact panel (WhatsApp/phone/email workflow)
  • Share links
• Optional location fields on item contact block (address/region)

Admin panel

• Manage Items/Products (title, description, images, pricing, status)
• Categories management (title, slug, description, cover image)
• Pages management (static pages)
• Optional Blog module:
  • Posts management (title, slug, cover image, status, rich-text content)
  • Public blog listing + post page
• Advanced rich-text editor for Items, Pages and Posts
• Site settings (branding, contact, SEO fields, modules)

v2.0 highlights

• 3 Catalog Modes (switch in Admin settings)
  • Generic: general products/services with common fields
  • Real Estate: property-focused fields + location emphasis
  • Vehicles: vehicle-focused fields (brand/model/year/mileage/fuel/transmission, etc.)
• Optional location fields (address/region) used across catalog and item page
• Home & Blog banners / hero blocks configurable in Admin (supports 1 URL per line or JSON list, depending on your configuration)

SEO defaults

A) Automatic install (recommended)

1. Upload all files to your domain (or a subfolder).
2. Create a MySQL database and user (via your hosting control panel).
3. Open /install in your browser.
4. Enter database credentials + create the admin account.
5. Click Install and wait for completion.
6. After success: delete or block the /install folder (important).

B) Manual install (fallback)

1. Create the database and user.
2. Import /install/database.sql using phpMyAdmin/Adminer.
3. Create /config.local.php in the project root with your DSN/user/pass:

<?php
if (!defined('DB_DSN'))  define('DB_DSN', 'mysql:host=localhost;port=3306;dbname=YOUR_DB;charset=utf8mb4');
if (!defined('DB_USER')) define('DB_USER', 'YOUR_USER');
if (!defined('DB_PASS')) define('DB_PASS', 'YOUR_PASS');
if (!defined('ASSET_VERSION')) define('ASSET_VERSION', substr(md5(__FILE__),0,8));

Default credentials (manual SQL only): / demo123Change this password immediately after your first login.

First login / first setup

Security checklist (recommended)

Server

• PHP 8.1+ (recommended 8.1–8.4)
• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB compatible
• PDO + PDO_MySQL enabled
• GD enabled (thumbnails)
• Apache or Nginx (rewrite recommended for pretty URLs)
• HTTPS recommended (trust + SEO)

Browser

• Modern browsers (Chrome/Edge/Firefox/Safari)
• JavaScript enabled
• Responsive UI (Bootstrap 5)

Hosting tip (shared hosting)

Select PHP 8.1+ in your hosting panel and enable required extensions before running /install.