Chapter 4. Building an Online Catalog
In This Chapter
Designing the catalog Web pages
Building the database with product information
Writing code for the catalog scripts
The online catalog is one of the most common applications on the Web. Whether the Web site is offered by an individual with a handful of products or a huge company with gazillions of products, the principle is the same: The customer needs to see the products and information about them before buying anything.
On many Web sites with catalogs, customers can purchase the catalog items online. In this chapter, we provide a catalog application that doesn't include online purchasing functionality. The scripts in this chapter only display the catalog. The application in Chapter 5 in this minibook is an online purchasing application, providing the ability to purchase catalog items online.
Book III discusses MySQL in detail. You can create the database with SQL statements or with phpMyAdmin. Methods for creating the database and adding data to it are discussed in Book III.
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