Re: Best method to store shopping cart contents

Bosky, Dave wrote:

I've written some nice shopping carts in Cold Fusion that use a session variable to hold an array of structures. I need to convert the shopping cart to PHP but I'm unsure of how to store the cart's contents using PHP. Should I create a multi-dimensional array and store it a session variable?

I currently store an object (called Basket ;-) in the Session (for one of my projects) which is in effect the same thing - works great - just remember that if you have objects stored in your session then you must include the class definitions _before_ you start the session.

Any good tutorials/examples on creating shopping cart apps using PHP?

if your a list member then you should have received an email from Richard Lynch - he posted a link to a page he setup that lists pro/cons for LOTS of commerce apps. that would be a good place to start looking!

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