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Posted by Adam on 10/29/06 12:17
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:51:57 -0400, Koncept wrote:
>In article <RAK_g.24833$lT5.4961@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, John Paul
><Johnny@NOTTELLING.nope> wrote:
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>> I'm thinking of building an e-commerce site in php.
>>
>> Anyone got any advice in building one?
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>> What is the best way to implement a payment system?
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>> Are any legal issues involved?
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>> Thanks,
>>
>> John Paul.
>
>I advice is "don't bother". There are millions already pre-made e-com
>scripts out there you can tweak. Check Google. Check sourceforge. Check
>phpclasses.org. Seriously! You are wasting your time reinventing the
>wheel here. Why not take advantage of what others before you have
>already built and contributed?
And *my* advice to your advice ... is to *steer totally clear* of O/S
"solutions" (for e-commerce at least). I've tried a few and they're
the biggest P.O.S. I've ever seen. Security nightmares, most of them -
spaghetti-like code which often looks 10yrs old, with patches made by
amateurs that require subsequent patches ... code that requires
register globals to be ON to work ... yadda yadda ...
If you're feeling particularly masochistic, try OSCommerce.
Don't get me wrong - there's tons of totally excellent O/S code out
there - written by unbelievably talented people - but I've yet to find
a decent O/S (or very cheap) e-commerce solution that works well in
today's environment - though I'm open to suggestions!
I'd say it's far better value (from a client's point of view) to spend
their money on a solid commercial product (that has good support) than
you "reinventing the wheel" (I agree on that bit ;-) )
Adam (flame suit ON!).
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