[thelist] Basic PHP Shopping Cart

[Alex Jones]

Thanks Ralph! I will pull down a copy of OSCommerce to tinker with. I 
appreciate the feedback.

Alex

At 11:02 PM 8/25/2003, Ralph Guzman wrote:
>Alex,
>
>OSCommerce is fairly easy to install and use. Customization is easy once
>you learn the file structure. Features that you do not need can be
>removed by editing include files.
>
>All the shopping cart functions are stored in classes. If you want to
>just use the shopping cart but not it's catalog you will have to modify
>these classes. If you are familiar with Object Oriented Code this
>shouldn't be too difficult.
>
>
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>[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Alex Jones
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>Subject: RE: [thelist] Basic PHP Shopping Cart
>
>At 04:08 PM 8/22/2003, Ralph Guzman wrote:
> >Alex,
> >
> >If you are looking for a standalone shopping cart have a look at
> >Oscommerce:
> >
> >http://www.oscommerce.com
> >
> >I think it has all the features you need and it also has a big
> >contribution list where you can find updates or addons:
>
>Ralph, I have looked at OSCommerce but am a bit worried that it has more
>
>features than I need and could prove cumbersome. Is it easy to just use
>the
>shopping cart and not use its product catalog side of things?
>
> >http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions
> >
> >If you are looking for a CMS with shopping cart then have a look at
> >ezPublish.
> >
> >http://www.ez.no/
>
>Actually, that is the CMS I am using. All in all I am pretty happy with
>it,
>but I need more flexibility in the shopping cart...
>
> >Ralph
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org
> >[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Alex Jones
> >Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:50 AM
> >To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> >Subject: [thelist] Basic PHP Shopping Cart
> >
> >Howdy all,
> >
> >The CMS that we've installed and added content to doesn't appear to
>meet
> >
> >our unique needs on the shopping cart side of things. At this point I
> >have a couple of options: write a cart from scratch or choose a third
>party
> >cart. As we are on a very tight deadline  I am exploring the idea of a
> >third party cart. I would truly appreciate your recommendations for a
> >simple cart. I do not want/need a cart that does product management as
> >that is already covered by our CMS.
> >
> >Requirements:
> >- PHP/MySQL
> >- Easily customized output
> >- Ability to define simple shipping logic: local vs. international &
> >below a certain price get free shipping
> >- Ability to provide multiple shipping options
> >- Ability to define tax rate based on destination state (U.S.) - VAT is
> >not needed
> >- Ability to have three full addresses (shipping, billing, delivery)
> >
> >Basically I want the user to click a standard submit button on one of
> >our product pages to add items to the cart - I would prefer to send the
> >variables via POST.
> >
> >The form is to be e-mailed (within our network) so I do not need any
> >form of payment gateways.
>
>
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