An E commerce site using php/mysql?
Moderator: General Moderators
An E commerce site using php/mysql?
Has anyone ever seen an E commerce site tutorial using php/mysql? I've seen just 2 on my search on the web, I was wondering if y'all come across any apart from phpwebcommerce?
Thanks.
Thanks.
If you want a solid e-commerce application, you should consider downloading one over making one yourself. There are a lot of security implications that _must_ be dealt with. Also, your clients will want to use something they can trust.
For an freeware, opensource, php e-commerce system, I'd recommend oscommerce. Remember, this has been developed by a large team of programmers and various specialists over a period of a few years.
For an freeware, opensource, php e-commerce system, I'd recommend oscommerce. Remember, this has been developed by a large team of programmers and various specialists over a period of a few years.
I'd still recommend downloading oscommerce. Look at what they're doing in their database, look at some of their flow-charts to get a feel of what is needed. Browse eBay and Amazon for inspiration and to get a grasp of what security issues are immediately visible. There's not much more that I can recommend, really. I haven't found any e-commerce application "tutorials" as of yet, so I guess you're stuck with looking at already existing code.187skillz wrote:I'ts for my university project, we're all sh**** ourselves because he set us this stuff and we have no clue really.
That reminds me, check out HotScripts.com for a simple e-commerce app.I don't know about ZenCart, but oscommerce is a giant. Something slimmer than that but with solid coding (lots of OO, as little spaghetti code as possible) should get you thinking in the right direction.onion2k wrote:You might also look at Zencart .. it's similar to OSCommerce, but better in a few areas apparently.
I second that. One copy I installed constantly had table corruption problems. (I admit it might be a mysql problem). Aside from that I agree, it's a "mess".patrikG wrote:Don't look at OSCommerce, it's a mess and still requires register_globals to be on, which has known security-implications. ZenCart is the "official" successor and probably a bit better. There are also commercial scripts (e.g. XCart) etc.