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Simple Shopping Cart Script


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Hey Everybody!

I've been searching for a PHP script that I can implement into an existing HTML + PHP site that will provide simple shopping cart functionality. I spent several hours yesterday searching and the only thing I found that comes close to what I need is jCart, but that lacks a few features. All the rest I found are full eCommerce solutions, which I don't need. Since I didn't have much luck searching, I figured I'd ask all the good peoples of Neowin if they've see a script that's similar to what I need.

Here's what I need (in a nutshell):

  • Simple shopping cart page to integrate with existing site
  • Adding items via a form submit action from existing static HTML or active PHP pages
  • Server side session management (cookies not required)
  • Ability to retrieve item details from MySQL database (to add to cart using item # in submit)
  • Ability to configure items specials (combination deals and possible volume discounts)
  • Administrative page to add items and specials to database
  • PayPal and maybe Google Checkout integration
  • Web 2.0 (AJAX / jQuery) a plus but not required

What I don't need is a full-on store front solution with product pages, etc. If nobody has seen an animal like this in the wild, I'll probably code it myself using jCart as a start and adding the functionality I need. I just don't want to take on this project and re-invent the wheel if somebody has already put together a solution at this level.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have (all are welcome)!

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Truthfully, the first thing I was going to recommend was jsCart but I see you've already tried that out.. I haven't seen any other "light-weight" carts with the functionality you need that aren't full-fledged cart systems.

Any other option I can think of that is similar are Wordpress plugin based and am not sure that's the route you'd want to take for this.

I'll take a look around to see if I can find anything a bit more robust than jsCart but the same simplicity of it :)

Edit: I'm not sure if you want open source/free but you might want to see if any of the scripts from Code Canyon are sufficient enough.

Small price to pay if you don't want to code it up yourself :).

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Truthfully, the first thing I was going to recommend was jsCart but I see you've already tried that out.. I haven't seen any other "light-weight" carts with the functionality you need that aren't full-fledged cart systems.

Actually, I mentioned jCart which is a different animal than jsCart. I took a quick look at jsCart and at $800 US, it's a bit steep, even if that price does include the installation service (which I don't really need).

Any other option I can think of that is similar are Wordpress plugin based and am not sure that's the route you'd want to take for this.

The site I'm looking to add this to is mostly static HTML with some PHP added in for certain functionality. Not looking to convert it to a CMS system anytime soon (if ever).

I'll take a look around to see if I can find anything a bit more robust than jsCart but the same simplicity of it :)

Edit: I'm not sure if you want open source/free but you might want to see if any of the scripts from Code Canyon are sufficient enough.

Small price to pay if you don't want to code it up yourself :).

I'll have a look. I don't mind paying a small price if it's going to save me hours (or days) of coding effort. Thanks!

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Look at hotscripts.com

I did look there as it's one of the first places I check for PHP scripts, but I found that most scripts in this category on that site were full eCommerce solutions. Was there anything in particular you saw there that was a light weight solution like the one I described?

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Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way. Let me take a different angle and see if anyone else has any suggestions...

Let's try a full eCommerce solution (open source preferred but on required) with the following options:

  • Customers can add items to cart from external pages (on same domain) using a link or form submit button.
  • Support PayPal and possibly Google Checkout payment gateways.
  • Does not require the customer to enter additional information in the cart. All customer information will be added at the secure payment gateway site.
  • Does not require the customer to log into the cart or provide any personal information (such as email address).
  • Can be queried from external pages (on same domain) to retrieve cart items count or contents.

Any suggestions?

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Actually, I mentioned jCart which is a different animal than jsCart. I took a quick look at jsCart and at $800 US, it's a bit steep, even if that price does include the installation service (which I don't really need).

Actually, I'm not referencing jsCart itself.. it was a small slip up on my end with the name.

I was actually thinking simpleCart(js) but typed out jsCart.

Edit: I knew I wasn't crazy when I said jsCart: http://code.google.com/p/jscart/

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