kevwood Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Hey all not been on here for a few years, been out of work. i am back and throwing ,myself straight into the deep end. Is it hard to integrate a shopping cart into a website. Any good example snippets of code to look at? I have a little search but someone always seems to know a better one. Why are almost all tutorials these days you have to pay for (times are getting hard ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npsari Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I always wanted to create a shopping cart for my website, however, i lost enthusiasm when I've seen amazing shopping carts from other websites. You click on a product, and you get small animations, showing you they've been added to your cart, and so on. I am a noobie, and this is too much for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevwood Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 i dont really care for the animation i just need functional ha ha. i am building a web site which i am going to be selling from. i have built content management systems and an email distribution system so tackling something like this does not worry me to much. my problem is i have not even looked at php for about 18 months i just need a point in the right direction. I know i am going to have to create user session each time a person logs on to the site via a registered user id. then a new table will be created in the customer db to hold all items they want to purchase. i want to then link this into a merchant pay pal account. the things i would like to know is the best way to enter the data in to the table or is there no set way to do this. then i think the paypal side will be the next stage once i have it working how i like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npsari Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Yes, probably you will have to save each product ID as a new Cookie. If you don't want many Cookies, jut update same Cookie, and then, explode the Cookie when the buyer is done shopping. It is easy, I would rather build my own Shopping cart than download a ready one, but that is me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevwood Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 same here i like the idea of finishing the project having just built it and thinking thats mine ha. i will look into updating cookies and see what that leads me on to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 then a new table will be created in the customer db to hold all items they want to purchase. I think you mean a new row in the orders table? No point in creating a new table for each customer. Look through these forums, these questions have been asked plenty. Example: http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=359091.msg1697657#msg1697657 http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=359225.msg1698394#msg1698394 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevwood Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 very true little point in creating a new table for each customer. thanks for the links i will read through them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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