ironside82 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Hello, I'm going to be working on a PHP driven site soon which will have a large list of varied products all sorted in an SQL database that I will be designing myself. I've have a request to implement a shopping cart so that you'll be able to buy certain items that are available for sale. I'm having trouble getting my head around linking my database to a 'cart package' for example so that stock levels and prices can be maintained from the one database. Maybe this is not possible, I'm just needing to know before I set about the design. Thanks again for your continuing support Regards Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/187970-integrating-shopping-cart/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamatomic Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 If you install a "shopping cart" it will have its own management area for adding item,desc,price,pic...all that stuff...all stored in a mySQL database(or similar). You might want to peruse these sites: http://webtecker.com/2008/04/22/8-best-open-source-shopping-cart-solutions/ http://www.designvitality.com/blog/2007/11/ecommerce-web-design/ You say you are building your own site in php. It would be easier to install a cart and use its user management system for your site than to use your own designed DB and alter the cart to use it. HTH Teamatomic Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/187970-integrating-shopping-cart/#findComment-992426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironside82 Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 I have thought about doing it that way however, The Database is quite complex due to the different variables each product has, there is also a rental quote feature I need to design amongst other things. I don't think trying to base the design I have around a shopping cart package would be easy. There must be some way around it. Its almost easier to imagine if the site was already up and running with items and I wanted to then add a facility to buy the items. I dont have the skills to design something like this, Would it be something I could out source? I hope this makes sense.. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/187970-integrating-shopping-cart/#findComment-992693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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