Book Description
In this comprehensive guide to creating an e-commerce Web site
using PHP and MySQL, renowned author Larry Ullman walks you through
every step—designing the visual interface, creating the
database, presenting content, generating an online catalog,
managing the shopping cart, handling the order and the payment
process, and fulfilling the order—always with security and
best practices emphasized along the way. Even if you’re an
experienced Web developer, you’re guaranteed to learn
something new. The book uses two e-commerce site examples—one
based on selling physical products that require shipping and
delayed payment, and another that sells non-physical products to be
purchased and delivered instantly—so you see the widest
possible range of e-commerce scenarios. In 11 engaging,
easy-to-follow chapters, Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL
teaches you how to:
• Think of the customer first, in order to maximize
sales
• Create a safe server environment and database
• Use secure transactions and prevent common
vulnerabilities
• Incorporate different payment gateways
• Design scalable sites that are easy to maintain
• Build administrative interfaces
• Extend both examples to match the needs of your own
sites
Larry Ullman is the president of Digital Media and Communications
Insights, Inc., a firm specializing in information technology
(www.dmcinsights.com). He is the author of several bestselling
programming and Web development books, including PHP and MySQL for
Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide. Larry also writes
articles on these subjects and teaches them in small and large
group settings. Despite working with computers, programming
languages, databases, and such since the early 1980s, Larry still
claims he’s not a computer geek (but he admits he can speak
their language).