You're right. Just tested. Another bug...

Thanks for the update Ben...

Ok so in a nutshell Ben what do I need to do to stop this reload/back problem?

edit: Did it 1 wow this is easy enough for even me!!!!

Pete

PS photo website coming

Just a small heads up that I'm now working with Ben on this project to bring it to the next amazing level.

We're going to be working on adding in the PayPal API for payments. I'm thinking this can be an option toggled on/off if people want to use it. or not.

Does anyone else have suggestions on other payment API's they'd like to see added in? Maybe authorize.net too?

Other things like improved security into the application will be added in as well.

Last, I'm also playing with using MySQL verses the flat file for products. For small carts, the flat file is fine, but for larger sites, a dababase back end would be better.

As mentioned, this is becoming a really nice lite weight cart application but can become more feature rich if needed and is very easy to theme.

Posted By: SeanI'm also playing with using MySQL verses the flat file for products. For small carts, the flat file is fine, but for larger sites, a dababase back end would be better.

How many products would you guess the flat file version would be suited for Sean?

Thanks Sean... agreed with #2. Thanks for the help.

hows your example going Wolfman ;)

Everything works fine! Validation, confirmation mail etc.

Example

Unless: If you have completed an order and you go back to a products page, the cart is not empty...

I have been following this thread with great interest. I've been desperately trying to learn PHP, but I guess I'm not cut out to be a programmer.
I'm in admiration of all the great work that you guys are putting into this, well done.
Also looking forward to seeing the final project and possibly using it in the future..
Thanks guys

Wow, I must say that the 'cart' is looking sweet. I've been playing around with it for a while (you can see what I have done at http://www.redpog.com if you want ) and I have to say that you guys have done a great job. Keep up the great work!

barbyardbbs when I try to scroll on your example (using scroll wheel only) all I get is increased text size. Bug or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks Ben and Sean... Can I also agree with Mike to not make it too complicated for dummies like me to implement. That's the BIG attraction of Your ContentControl... it's soo easy to use. Would it be possible to put comment lines telling us what pieces of code mean what.

EDIT: comments are already in place Pete!

Good work !

I also agree that it needs to stay simple like it is now. Ben and I had a pretty detailed conversation while we were hammering out the latest fixes about that.

I have a PayPal API class almost already to go, it just needs a little more work.

For the people who are using the cart now (latest version), please do some testing over the next couple of days and let us know if you find any bugs and hold off on anymore feature requests.

We should get it solid first... it's pretty close from what I can tell... then add in a payment gateway and call it a day.

Anything more would be overkill for the carts original purpose.

Will there be a beginner tutorial (or instructions) on how to use this? It looks great but I being a semi noobie would not know where to start.

looks so very cool...

I think it would also be nice if the LoadProductsFromFile function could use functions that allow opening from a URL, as long as it is allowed in the PHP settings. Although this doesn't work exactly, I am thinking something like this:

function LoadProductsFromFile() {
$contents = file_get_contents(PRODUCTS_FILE_PATH);
if ($contents) {
//Read it
$Products_array = explode('||',$contents);
foreach($Products_array as $value)
{
$Product = explode(PRODUCTS_FILE_DELIMITER,$value);
print_r($Product);
$cartitem = array($Product[ID_COLUMN], $Product[NAME_COLUMN], $Product[PRICE_COLUMN], $Product[DE&#83CRIPTION_COLUMN], 0);
$items[$Product[ID_COLUMN]] = $cartitem;
}

$_SESSION[CART] = $items;
}
}

That would prove to be nice for dynamic generation of the product list. I was thinking of doing a small Proof of Concept for integrating this into MODx. For example, I could use Ditto to take product pages to generate a URL that contains the product listed delimited as appropriate.

Just an update. By making that small change I suggested, it was easy to have MODx generate a product list:

http://cmssandbox.com/MODx096/index.php?id=49

And then have the "PRODUCTS_FILE_PATH" set to the above address.

This is just my first attempt at having the two interact.

Update:
The cart seems to be working fine. http://cmssandbox.com/MODx096/index.php?id=50

I am going to work on abstracting this further so that the code and presentation are completely separated and makes it even easier to template.

The amount of cart-related requests are really getting silly.

My last comment I had asked for people who are using the cart now to do some testing over the next couple of days and let us know if you find any bugs and hold off on anymore feature requests but almost every comment after my last is asking for additional features.

I'm really not trying to be a jerk here but this cart was suppose to be sort of a proof of concept and not a full blown shopping cart.

It's pretty solid and does get the job done based on the original request and can be styled to work with just about any design.

I'm not sure Ben's thoughts as of yet, these are just mine.

Can an admin and/or database back end be done to this cart? Yes but in doing so would be beyond the original scope of the project.

Again, not trying to be a butt head but just expressing my personal thoughts.

I think this cart can grow into a lot more but at some point a line in the sand does need to be drawn... most developers will agree, scope creep sucks

Sean, the lack of bugs being reported probably means it works... it certainly does with me. I'm chuffed with it, and you and Ben have done a great job. My form details sent to the buyer 'suggestion' could sort of (in a strange sick way) be seen as a 'bug' (or at least an invertebrate) in the sense of what happens if the buyer as done a typo mistake in the form (phone number maybe)... by having a copy of it they can see/check it was wrong and reply to the email with the right number.

For what it's worth (not much), I'd prefer it to be as simple as possible both in buyer and seller aspects too. Like you said, it's the user experience that should be worked on the most. Even more so tho, have it so that it's easy to integrate, but with clear instructions and good working example then I think that should be 'easy'.

I'm integrating the cart into Multiflex 3as you guys release each update, with some very minor style changes (i've found that to be the hardest thing to do). I'm then going to try to ContentControl it!

So there you'll have the ultimate design, the ultimate shopping cart, and the ultimate CMS... all we need now is an ultimate forum! that can just as easily slot into the template... oh no, Pete has another idea!

Cheers
Pete

Now I am not a PHP coder by any means, more of a hobbyist. However, I believe this makes the cart easier for us designers. I abstracted out the HTML from the code so we are more in line with MVC. As such, we can merge the ReturnCartHTML and the ReturnCartText into ReturnCart (although I have not done so in the code I am providing.) Also, this eliminates the need for some conditionals (i.e., for including an Add/Remove link) as you can just include them or not in your template files. This is useful for creating a main cart, a sidebar cart, etc.

You can see an example here:

Example

You can download the slightly modified package to see the templates and how easy it becomes to template here:

Download

Feedback is welcome!

Suggestion:

It would be good to have a section at OD where &#115cripts like these can be downloaded. It's better than searching later the forum for the download link, if somebody needs a special &#115cript. It's also useful, if a contributor of a &#115cript removes the download link from his site.<br /><br />I'm sure somebody will ask again in the near future for a simple shopping cart or something else, which was released one day here. </div> </li><li id="Comment_15492"> <a name="Item_41"></a> <div class="CommentHeader"> <ul> <li> <span>CommentAuthor</span><a href="/profile/?user=perthmetro">perthmetro</a></li> <li> <span>CommentTime</span>Sep 19th 2007</li> </ul> <span> &nbsp; </span> </div><div class="CommentBody" id="CommentBody_15492">Thanks Ben... you've done so well. Now the time to see your baby grow and experience life away from home ;)<br /><br />Wolfram: good idea - there's heaps of little useful &#115cripts here for use with the designs.. somewhere! Maybe someone can track them all down and at least create a single topic for them. <br /><br />jrochman: good work, but I'm thinking having some text saying there is nothing in the shopping cart before any purchases is a good thing as it makes clear that this is the status quo, having nothing may make users think they have added something but just don't know where to confirm they have... does that make any sense? I'd be very interested to see how you can make it easier to integrate into these templates.<br /><br />Pete </div> </li><li id="Comment_15494" class="Alternate"> <a name="Item_42"></a> <div class="CommentHeader"> <ul> <li> <div class="CommentIcon" style="background-image:url('http://www.fredsbarn.com/sandbox/winery.gif');">&nbsp;</div> <span>CommentAuthor</span><a href="/profile/?user=jrochman">jrochman</a></li> <li> <span>CommentTime</span>Sep 19th 2007 <em>edited by jrochman on the 19th September 2007 at 09:28:05 EDT</em></li> </ul> <span> &nbsp; </span> </div><div class="CommentBody" id="CommentBody_15494">Pete,<br /><br />In my current <a href="http://cmssandbox.com/PHPCart/">example</a>, if you have no items in the cart it says "Your cart is empty." Otherwise it displays the items you have added. Essentially, it clobbers your template and replaces it with said text. Admittedly, I am not sure this is the best way to go about it, but I figured I would share it with the community, because, IMHO, it is way easier to template. I was hoping that Ben would take this and incorporate it into the framework for the official version, but I believe it is beyond what he initially intended to do. So here is to hoping the more advanced PHP coders out there run with it.<br /><br />Also, as a framework, I have been able to add it into MODx, and take advantage of Ditto to generate the Product List, Ditto to generate a Catalog, Wayfinder to generate navigation, and eForm to handle the checkout.<br /><br />Demo (Looks wise it is in rough shape, it was just to see if it worked):<br /><br />http://cmssandbox.com/MODx096/index.php?id=51 </div> </li><li id="Comment_15495"> <a name="Item_43"></a> <div class="CommentHeader"> <ul> <li> <span>CommentAuthor</span><a href="/profile/?user=perthmetro">perthmetro</a></li> <li> <span>CommentTime</span>Sep 19th 2007</li> </ul> <span> &nbsp; </span> </div><div class="CommentBody" id="CommentBody_15495"><blockquote><cite>Posted By: jrochman</cite>Pete,<br /><br />In my current <a href="http://cmssandbox.com/PHPCart/"> example </a> , if you have no items in the cart it says "Your cart is empty."</blockquote><br /><br />Sorry mate I'm going blind!<br /><br />Your example with modx looks nice but i think it's beyond me. Having said that I like the right column total bit.<br /><br />Pete </div> </li><li id="Comment_15496" class="Alternate"> <a name="Item_44"></a> <div class="CommentHeader"> <ul> <li> <span>CommentAuthor</span><a href="/profile/?user=perthmetro">perthmetro</a></li> <li> <span>CommentTime</span>Sep 19th 2007</li> </ul> <span> &nbsp; </span> </div><div class="CommentBody" id="CommentBody_15496">How do I alter the width of the drop down box in the multi-item add to cart thingy?<br />TIA<br /><br />Pete </div> </li><li id="Comment_15497"> <a name="Item_45"></a> <div class="CommentHeader"> <ul> <li> <div class="CommentIcon" style="background-image:url('http://www.fredsbarn.com/sandbox/winery.gif');">&nbsp;</div> <span>CommentAuthor</span><a href="/profile/?user=jrochman">jrochman</a></li> <li> <span>CommentTime</span>Sep 19th 2007</li> </ul> <span> &nbsp; </span> </div><div class="CommentBody" id="CommentBody_15497">Pete,<br /><br />The HTML output for that is contained in function ReturnMultiItemAddFormHTML($ProductIDs). No need to use MODx to utilize my easy template package. </div> </li><li id="Comment_15499" class="Alternate"> <a name="Item_46"></a> <div class="CommentHeader"> <ul> <li> <span>CommentAuthor</span><a href="/profile/?user=perthmetro">perthmetro</a></li> <li> <span>CommentTime</span>Sep 19th 2007</li> </ul> <span> &nbsp; </span> </div><div class="CommentBody" id="CommentBody_15499">Thanks... are you gonna release your version?<br /><br />What would I change to alter the width?<br /><br /><code>function ReturnMultiItemAddFormHTML($ProductIDs) {<br /> // Returns the HTML for a multiple-item drop down, with add button. This is helpful for multiple grouped items (such as an item with colors or sizes)<br /> // Call it with a semi-colon delimited list, like &quot;SHIRT1;SHIRT2;&quot;<br /> <br /> $result = &quot;&quot;;<br /> <br /> if (strlen($ProductIDs) &gt; 0) { <br /> $result = &quot;&lt;form method=\&quot;get\&quot; action=\&quot;&quot; . $_SERVER[&quot;PHP_SELF&quot;] . &quot;\&quot;&gt;&lt;select name=\&quot;cartitem\&quot;&gt;&lt;option value=\&quot;\&quot;&gt;Please Select&lt;/option&gt;&quot;;<br /> <br /> $ProductIDArray = explode( &quot;;&quot;, $ProductIDs);<br /> foreach($ProductIDArray as $ProductID) {<br /> if (strlen($ProductID) &gt; 0) {<br /> $result .= &quot;&lt;option value=\&quot;&quot; . $ProductID . &quot;\&quot;&gt;&quot; . ReturnProductDe&#115criptionFromID($ProductID) . &quot;&lt;/option&gt;&quot;;<br /> }<br /> }<br /> $result .= &quot;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;input type=\&quot;hidden\&quot; name=\&quot;cartaction\&quot; value=\&quot;add\&quot; /&gt;&lt;input type=\&quot;hidden\&quot; name=\&quot;carttoken\&quot; value=\&quot;&quot; . mt_rand() . &quot;\&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type=\&quot;submit\&quot; value=\&quot;Add To Cart\&quot; /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&quot;;<br /> }<br /> <br /> return $result;<br />}</code> </div> </li><li id="Comment_15501"> <a name="Item_47"></a> <div class="CommentHeader"> <ul> <li> <div class="CommentIcon" style="background-image:url('http://www.fredsbarn.com/sandbox/winery.gif');">&nbsp;</div> <span>CommentAuthor</span><a href="/profile/?user=jrochman">jrochman</a></li> <li> <span>CommentTime</span>Sep 19th 2007 <em>edited by gnome on the 19th September 2007 at 15:47:15 EDT</em></li> </ul> <span> &nbsp; </span> </div><div class="CommentBody" id="CommentBody_15501"><blockquote><cite>Posted By: jrochman</cite>You can download the slightly modified package to see the templates and how easy it becomes to template here:<br /><br /> <a href="http://cmssandbox.com/PHPCart/PHPCart.zip"> Download </a> <br /></blockquote><br /><br />My version can be downloaded at the link I placed in one of my prior posts.<br /><br />As to the width, you should be able to just add a 'class="yourClass"' to the &lt;select&gt; element and then add a width declaration in CSS for "yourClass."<br /><small>Gnome fixed HTML tag</small> </div> </li><li id="Comment_15508" class="Alternate"> <a name="Item_48"></a> <div class="CommentHeader"> <ul> <li> <span>CommentAuthor</span><a href="/profile/?user=perthmetro">perthmetro</a></li> <li> <span>CommentTime</span>Sep 19th 2007 <em>edited by perthmetro on the 19th September 2007 at 21:40:53 EDT</em></li> </ul> <span> &nbsp; </span> </div><div class="CommentBody" id="CommentBody_15508">I tried but it didn't work... could someone show me how the reduce the width with a class thingmajig. </div> </li><li id="Comment_15514"> <a name="Item_49"></a> <div class="CommentHeader"> <ul> <li> <span>CommentAuthor</span><a href="/profile/?user=perthmetro">perthmetro</a></li> <li> <span>CommentTime</span>Sep 20th 2007</li> </ul> <span> &nbsp; </span> </div><div class="CommentBody" id="CommentBody_15514">anyone? </div> </li><li id="Comment_15529" class="Alternate"> <a name="Item_50"></a> <div class="CommentHeader"> <ul> <li> <span>CommentAuthor</span><a href="/profile/?user=perthmetro">perthmetro</a></li> <li> <span>CommentTime</span>Sep 20th 2007</li> </ul> <span> &nbsp; </span> </div><div class="CommentBody" id="CommentBody_15529">Beuller? 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