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.

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Category: PHP

Pages: 457

Language: English

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DSIN: DS9K4DBADHJ8

About This Book

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 Transform your PHP skills by building a complete e-commerce shopping cart system from the ground up. This comprehensive guide takes you through every step of creating a professional-grade online shopping platform using core PHP, MySQL, and fundamental web technologies. **What Makes This Book Different** Unlike tutorials that focus on frameworks or pre-built solutions, this book teaches you to build everything from scratch using pure PHP. You'll gain deep understanding of how e-commerce systems work internally, making you a more capable and confident PHP developer. **Comprehensive Project-Based Learning** Starting with database design and progressing through deployment, you'll build a complete shopping cart system that includes product catalogs, cart management, secure checkout processes, order handling, and administrative interfaces. Each chapter builds upon the previous one, ensuring steady progress and comprehensive understanding. **Real-World Application Focus** Every code example and technique presented in this book reflects real-world development practices. You'll learn not just how to write PHP code, but how to structure larger applications, implement security measures, and create maintainable, scalable solutions. **Perfect for Skill Development** Whether you're transitioning from basic PHP tutorials to real projects or looking to understand e-commerce architecture, this book provides the perfect stepping stone. The project-based approach ensures you're building practical skills while creating something valuable and portfolio-worthy. **Complete Implementation Guide** From MySQL database schemas to PHP session management, from secure form handling to deployment strategies, this book covers every aspect of building and launching a PHP-based e-commerce system. You'll finish with both a working application and the knowledge to customize and extend it for your own projects.

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

| Chapter | Title | Page | | ------- | -------------------------------------- | ---- | | 1 | Introduction to the E-commerce Project | 7 | | 2 | Database Design and Setup | 23 | | 3 | Product Management | 44 | | 4 | Building the Shopping Cart | 85 | | 5 | Cart Page and Calculations | 116 | | 6 | Checkout Page | 145 | | 7 | Storing Orders in the Database | 174 | | 8 | Admin Panel (Optional but Valuable) | 199 | | 9 | Security Best Practices | 233 | | 10 | UI Enhancements | 274 | | 11 | Optional Features | 304 | | 12 | Deployment | 338 | | App | Full SQL schema | 374 | | App | PHP session tips | 392 | | App | Code troubleshooting guide | 414 | | App | List of free resources and templates | 434 |

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
PDF
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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