php carts?

[rob]

can anyone recommend a decent php script for shopping carts/ecommerce? Oh, and free? Ideally i'd like to stay away from the paypal cart so i can track add/removes/views etc from the cart. I dont have a merchant acct and understand many of them have carts when you sign up and pay them lots of money. I'm new to website shopping cart/ecommerce design. I know theres tons of scripts but so far most are costing big bucks.
anyone have suggestions?
or is this possible? I'm not a php coder so i'd have to steal someone else's work ;)

[ukdesi]

I'm not an expert but i believe any free script you get might be a bit unsecure for ecommerce as it involves credit card details etc.

[guru]

Hey rob, did you able to create the site yet. If not. Then I can help you.

[arenlor]

Contact me I'll handwrite you a secure script, only problem, this place offers no SSL to my knowledge which means that it won't be encrypted, which isn't too good, but I can't help that sorry. I MAY be able to figure out a way to unencrypt SHA1 and put it out for you, but I'm not sure, but all the credit card info etc would be held in a mysql database, the scripts will run using sessions in PHP.

[Tyler]

The best way would to use a cart that lets you use a 3rd party payment processor like 2Checkout or PayPal.

[arenlor]

true, I think it'd be best if you did that too, but I still had to offer it, I spent my summer learning how to do it after all...

[rob]

Yeah, i'll have to poke around a bit. I haven't even started the site yet, hope to this weekend. I'm going to be working with web analytics for my work and i thought I'd learn best by creating a little ecom site to play around with. If i make a couple bucks, so be it, but I wont be getting rich! Thats why i wanted cart functionality with full control etc. Granted it is possible i don't know what im talking about as well.
Next task is to dig up some free ecommerce dreamweaver templates. Problem is by the time i find one, i make so many changes it's easier to create my own :D
I'll keep you posted as to what i find out or implement.

[guru]

If oscommerse script can help you,then I create the site for you.

[guru]

I can install lizardcart script for you. All you need to create a account on your cPanel and then PM me the pass. I will install it within 30 min.

[guru]

Oscommerse can't install as the following reason:-
register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!

[guru]

lizardcart also not install as I need to upload a file with .asp extention. Sorry, I fail do a work for you.

[guru]

Visit http://xtcommerce.ulmb.com/store/
If you need this type of script I can install it for you

Here is a demo admin panel
http://xtcommerce.ulmb.com/store/admin

ID: admin
Pass: admin

[rob]

i'll have to play with it this weekend. i might have to peep at xtcommerce and lizardcarttoo. thanks for tips guys.

[guru]

You always welcome. But I don't store this site in my cpanel long time dude. Play fast...play ODI not TEST Cricket.

[arenlor]

I spent my summer doing ecommerce, if you're into marketing you may know of Burt Brodo he's the one who taught the marketing half, I also had a great teacher teaching us how to build a good php and mysql website for selling things. I can help you some.