PHP Language - Online Shopping Similar to OS Commerce

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Online Shopping Similar to OS Commerce

John Smith

2004-03-29, 3:32 pm

Dear all,

I'm looking for a book that can guide me, step by step, from start till
end...

on how to create a online shopping mall, similar to OS Commerce.

Any suggestions?

tia.

Inuyasha4Life

2004-03-29, 10:30 pm

John Smith wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm looking for a book that can guide me, step by step, from start till
> end...
>
> on how to create a online shopping mall, similar to OS Commerce.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> tia.

Any PHP book will teach you the skills you'll need to be able to accomplish
that task. Don't look for a book on how to create a shopping cart -- not
only is it very likely that they do not exist, but it will teach you
nothing except how to copy out of a book. By learning PHP in itself, you
will learn how to make cookies, how to access a database, all of which you
can put together into a shopping cart (and understand it, too). Just go to
Borders and pick up the first PHP book you see. That's what I did, and I'm
well off now XD Just make sure it's at least PHP version 4.1. Anything
older is outdated and can teach you the wrong things (like older security
flaws which have been amended create major changes in the code).

Good luck
-- Inuyasha4Life

Tony

2004-03-31, 11:30 pm

"John Smith" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4068707c$1_1@news.tm.net.my...
> Dear all,
>
> I'm looking for a book that can guide me, step by step, from start till
> end...
>
> on how to create a online shopping mall, similar to OS Commerce.

I'm not familiar with the particular example you've given here, but the book
below is an excellent resource:

Usable Shopping Carts
by Jon Stephens, Jody Kerr, Clifton Evans
ISBN: 1590591763

Great code examples, but also a lot of explanations of different variations.

Tony

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