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Shopping Cart & Checkout!

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2003 5:17 pm
by Gismo
Hey every1,

iv never used PHP before, and im looking to start a site with a shopping cart facility, ie click on a button and it will add item to cart, a mate told me PHP was the way to do it,

i dont have a clue where to start

any tips????

email me to b0ydweiser@hotmail.com PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

thanks in advance!

google

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2003 5:36 pm
by phpScott
google can be your friend.
Do a search for php shopping carts and you will get quite a few.

If you are a php newbie and have limited programming experience you could be in for a rough time.

phpScott

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2003 7:56 pm
by McGruff
First get the php manual from php.net - the downloadable version with user comments.

Mysql? Manual at mysql.com.

Set up a local development server with something like easyphp.org (apache, php and mysql in one easy ti install package).

There are lots of php tutorials on the net if you hunt around - that's how I learned.

Finally are you planning to accept payments as well as take orders on your website? If so, don't even think about handling CC nos until you are pretty confident you understand all the security issues.