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Shopping Cart in PHP/MySQL

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  • 07-07-2006 10:34am
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    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    A friend and I are developing a website. He is looking after the design while im charged with the background stuff mainly the shopping cart.

    Now I know a bit of php and all that and if I took time to learn it id probably be able to develop it myself but unfortuantely working full time, MCSA training and another part time course im doing, time isnt really in my favour so im wondering are there good pre-made scripts out there already where i can edit some of the fields to cater for my own needs.

    Are there websites out there that just goes straight to the chase where it concerns shopping carts and will give a tutorial on building one?

    Maybe some of ye guys already have ones available. If they are good ill pay for them but they cant be unstable and they have to match my functionality.

    http://www.vincentsofkinsale.com/

    Something similar to this...
    Use vok to login.


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    Ph3n0m
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭Ph3n0m


    www.oscommerce.com - one of the best, free ones around


    actually scratch that - you might be better off paying someone to create from scratch or try to modify the oscommerce one to match your template


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    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    I have seen that mentioned in a few places.

    Looks handy enough. Is it tough to integrate with html/flash?

    I might go on that route


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    Ph3n0m
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭Ph3n0m


    Nope not that tough, will just take time - everything is nicely split up.


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    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    Excellant. Ill download it now and have a look through it.

    Was concerned because I dont know how clean/tidy my friends code will be but if its anything like his hair then ill be in for a rough time :p


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,511 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    I once worked on a solo project that changed osCommerce from an online shop to a referral shop (in aid of a charity). I also had to modify the registration section to not require a bunch of fields.
    I was new to PHP (but very familiar with perl and I knew about php.net/docs) but it wasn't hard to modify. You end up doing a lot of grep work. The code is quite compartmentalised - spread over numerous directories.

    You might have to merge your friend's design into the osCommerce layout. Of course you could always change osCommerce to fit your friend's design, or find some middle ground.


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    louie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭louie


    i found osCommerce very good, but i was in the same situation like you and that program was too much and it didn't suit me at all, so I created mine from scratch and the way i want it.
    Not a very big deal to work with and the extra features i nedded was easy to add on.


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