How do I design a chart of accounts for an accounting system using PHP
Currently, I am designing and programming an accounting system, and I want to design a tree of accounting accounts, and I do not know the appropriate method for that. I just want to suggest the appropriate way to do that, or refer to any link on this site that explains the appropriate method and the general idea that can help me in this regard, noting that the tree must accept Infinite nodes with the possibility of deleting or modifying the elements of the tree, and I want to know how many schedules I have adopted to do this. I will attach a picture below of the shape of the tree to be designed so that the idea becomes clear
You may use a hierarchical data model like a nested set or a closure table. In this approach, each node in the tree is represented as a row in a database table, and the relationship between nodes is encoded using additional columns in the table. This approach allows for efficient querying of the tree structure and is suitable for handling a large number of nodes. Or you may use a recursive data model, where each node in the tree is represented as an object that contains a list of its child nodes. This approach is simpler and more intuitive to work with, but may be less efficient for large trees. You may also want to have a look at some APIs like Java Tree API and their documentation to get some more insight about the idea.