waiguru Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) i am a php developer and wants to develop an ecommerce website where users can make postings of motorbikes to sell. Users should also be able to browse existing postings and search for bikes using set parameters. Anyone with clues on how I can go about building such a website? Thanks Edited August 1, 2013 by waiguru Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/280724-creating-an-ecommerce-site/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Do you know how to validate and process forms? Do you know how to do CRUD (CReate, Update, Delete) operations on a database? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/280724-creating-an-ecommerce-site/#findComment-1443009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiguru Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 yes i do Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/280724-creating-an-ecommerce-site/#findComment-1443020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Okay, so what about e-commerce is confusing you specifically? Most of what you described that you want to do is merely creating the appropriate database schema and running queries against it. Put another way, if you know how to store motorcycle information, you should be able to retrieve it. You might want to add some niceties, but that insert/update -> display cycle is the meat and potatoes of your proposed site. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/280724-creating-an-ecommerce-site/#findComment-1443030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiguru Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Thanks kelvin, but i also want to implement a search where users can search a motorbike following a given category lets say by make and features like the recent adds or the most featured bikes. i really appreciate your help thanks. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/280724-creating-an-ecommerce-site/#findComment-1443045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) It's the same kind of thing - database manipulation. Recent entries? Have a db column that stores a date and pick the most recent 5, 10, whatever (SELECT * FROM bikes ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 5). Search can be a bit more involved, depending on how you want to do it. Easiest would just be having checkboxes that help limit the search criteria. Each box would essentially represent an addition to a WHERE clause. Edited August 1, 2013 by KevinM1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/280724-creating-an-ecommerce-site/#findComment-1443046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiguru Posted August 2, 2013 Author Share Posted August 2, 2013 Thanks for that. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/280724-creating-an-ecommerce-site/#findComment-1443089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiguru Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Hi Kelvin. I decided to use codeigniter but am having one problem for example if i want a seller to store more than one image. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/280724-creating-an-ecommerce-site/#findComment-1443557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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