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Hi, I am gathering information about PHP. I am a complete beginner of PHP and mySql.
I use HTML and CSS for web design. A new customer wants to make a web shop with SSL, shopping cart facility, and a home page which changes regularly its product contents.
I bought a book to start PHP and Mysql, but I need more guidance where I should start.
Could you suggest best shopping cart software and how I can do to change the home page (is it a dynamic page? right?)?
Any resources websites or books will be appreciate it as well.
Thanks.
The people I've spoken to who used osCommerce really like it. I personally haven't used it, but... I've heard good things.
As for a dynamic front page, I'm currently developing something along those lines myself. I'm new to php and it's taking me a little while, but I've come pretty far in just a couple days. The only tutorial I've read on php was w3schools. Other than that, I've just been reading the php docs and mysql docs when I've had a question about a particular function. When I'm trying to do something, I typically google it, then search this forum, then check the docs, then post here if I'm completely stumped (usually a 2-3 hour process).
I have heard nothing but bad about osCommerce. In fact, a group of regulars here have formed an alliance to redevelop osCommerce because it sucks so bad.
As for learning, I learned PHP initially from Kevin Yank's book on Sitepoint. I'd recommend that to anyone.
Everah wrote:I have heard nothing but bad about osCommerce. In fact, a group of regulars here have formed an alliance to redevelop osCommerce because it sucks so bad.
Well, considering the people I've talked to about it aren't programmers... I guess that doesn't surprise me.
Elvis Parsley wrote:Hi, I am gathering information about PHP. I am a complete beginner of PHP and mySql.
I use HTML and CSS for web design. A new customer wants to make a web shop with SSL, shopping cart facility, and a home page which changes regularly its product contents.
I bought a book to start PHP and Mysql, but I need more guidance where I should start.
Could you suggest best shopping cart software and how I can do to change the home page (is it a dynamic page? right?)?
Any resources websites or books will be appreciate it as well.
Thanks.
osCommerce is widely used. Many shopping carts were based on osCommerce.
Like other applications, it has it's own downsides but I like it though.
Go ahead for it. We'll help you along the way.