MyMarket Shopping Experience - PHP

This is the third and final article in a three-part series dealing with using PHP 4 and MySQL to make a comprehensive e-commerce storefront solution. This article covers the shopping cart, payment processing, and database engine considerations, among many other topics. Full source code included!

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By: Ying Zhang

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June 08, 2000

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This is the set of interactions the customer makes with MyMarket:

Customer browses the product catalog
Customer adds items to shopping cart
Customer confirms the purchase
Payment Processing
Once the customer has confirmed the purchase, we have to process their payment:
Transaction goes to payment processing / transaction clearing company
Company verifies the amount and takes if from the customer's account
Company pays MyMarket (after taking off their processing fee)
Order Fulfillment
Warehouse gathers the products in the order for shipping
Courier company ships the goods off to the customer, and the purchase is complete

That's overly simplified, but it should help to get a feel for the whole process.

Next: The Product Catalog >>