Posted by Neil Trigger on 08/26/06 20:53

Hello!

I'm new to this newsgroup, but not new to php. However I'm still having a
bit of a problem and hope you can help.

I wrote my own shopping cart script a while ago and now want to expant upon
it by adding options to items if neccessary. These options would determin
things like size, colour and materials of the items selected (it saves the
shop database becomming too overloaded, and eases navigation for clients).

My question is this:
When adding items to a shopping cart, how do I record these advanced
options? I'm currently using the Welling & Thompson shopping cart (modified
quite heavily). It uses the same method of putting items into a session
array, but I'm just wondering if I can add more details to the item.

Some items have 1 set of options, some have none, some have lots. Likewise
is there a way of defining items that are different sizes, shapes, colours
etc. at the moment they're all bundled under "2 decks of cards" rather than
1 deck of poker sized red cards, 1 deck of bridge sized blue playing cards.
Please visit http://magic2k.com/shop/index.php?cat_open=&open=1&itemid=55
for an example.

Hope this makes sense.

Regards,

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Neil Trigger
Magic2k Manager
http://www.magic2k.com
http://www.oddmap.com

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