Build an E-commerce Cart System in PHP
A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Creating a Shopping Cart, Checkout, and Order System from Scratch with PHP and MySQL
Master PHP e-commerce development by building a complete shopping cart system from scratch. Learn database design, cart functionality, checkout processes, and security best practices.
About This Book
Quick Overview
Master PHP e-commerce development by building a complete shopping cart system from scratch. Learn database design, cart functionality, checkout processes, and security best practices.
Key Topics Covered
- PHP e-commerce development
- MySQL database design
- Shopping cart implementation
- PHP session management
- Secure checkout processes
- Order management systems
- Admin panel development
- Web application security
- PHP form handling
- Database transactions
- User authentication
- PHP deployment strategies
Who Should Read This Book
PHP beginners ready for their first real project, Web developers transitioning to e-commerce, Students learning web development, Developers wanting to understand e-commerce architecture, Programmers building portfolio projects, Small business owners learning to build their own systems
Prerequisites
Basic PHP syntax knowledge, HTML fundamentals, MySQL database basics, Understanding of web server concepts, Basic command line familiarity
Table of Contents
About This Publication
**Build an E-commerce Cart System in PHP** is your comprehensive guide to creating professional shopping cart functionality using core PHP and MySQL. This hands-on book takes you from initial database design to final deployment, teaching you to build every component of an e-commerce system yourself. You'll start by designing a robust MySQL database schema that can handle products, categories, users, orders, and shopping cart data. Then you'll build dynamic product catalogs with PHP, implement interactive shopping cart functionality using PHP sessions, and create secure checkout processes that handle real customer orders. The book progresses logically through building administrative interfaces for managing products and orders, implementing essential security measures to protect customer data, and finally deploying your completed system to a production environment. Each chapter includes complete PHP code examples with detailed explanations, ensuring you understand not just what each piece of code does, but why it's structured that way and how it fits into the larger application architecture. You'll learn industry-standard practices for PHP development, database interaction, and web application security. By completing this project, you'll have built a fully functional e-commerce platform and gained the skills to customize, extend, and maintain PHP-based web applications. The knowledge you gain extends far beyond e-commerce, giving you the foundation to tackle any complex PHP project with confidence.
Book Details
- Format
- File Size
- 2.3 MB
- Chapters
- 12
- Code Examples
- 99
- Exercises
- 99
- Difficulty Level
- beginner
- Reading Time
- 24-30
Special Features
• Complete project-based learning approach building a real e-commerce system • Step-by-step progression from database design to deployment • Full PHP source code examples with detailed explanations • Real-world development practices and industry standards • Security-focused implementation throughout • No frameworks required - pure PHP and MySQL • Comprehensive appendices with SQL schemas and troubleshooting guides • Suitable for self-paced learning with clear chapter structure • Portfolio-worthy final project upon completion • Practical code that can be adapted for other PHP projects
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