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e-commerce
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:48 pm
by Elvis Parsley
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.

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:40 pm
by alex.barylski
Elvis Parsley...thats hilarious

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:44 am
by Chalks
osCommerce - an open source e-commerce solution.
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).
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:21 pm
by RobertGonzalez
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:15 pm
by Chalks
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.
To OP then... forget osCommerce, I guess.

Re: e-commerce
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:34 am
by olivware
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.
