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Learn to build e-commerce sites using PHP by installing
a server using WAMP, configuring MySQL for your product database, creating your
product database and tables, and writing the required PHP scripts for accessingand inserting data into the database. Make an
E-commerce Site in a Weekend: Using PHP details how to create
shopping carts for your customers and how to set up secure payment and
processing options. Even if you are an absolute beginner and don´t have much
programming experience, you can build a responsive, powerful, and fully
featured e-commerce site quickly using the information in this book.

You will learn to:

Create and
maintain your e-commerce website using PHP scripts
Create, edit,
and update your product database using MySQL
Manage visitors
to your site, create custom forms, manage session handling, and more
Manage shopping
carts and shipping information
Receive money
through different payment modes on the sale of merchandise
Who This Book is For:
This book is for people who want to quickly set up their first e-commerce site. The book addresses beginners w ho don´t have a deep experience in programming languages. It teaches how to build professional fully featured e-commerce websites using PHP. The book uses practical, step-by step examples to explain all of the topics required in designing, creating, and managing an interactive e-commerce web site.

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1. Introduction to E-commerce and Setting up WAMP and MySQL.- 2. Introduction to PHP.- 3. Setting Up and Accessing a Database Using PHP.- 4. Adding and Managing a Shopping Cart.- 5. Adding and Accepting Payment.

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Bintu Harwani is a computer programmer and Web developer with several years of experience building content-driven Web sites using a variety of Web development technologies including PHP, Ruby, Rails, and more.

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