Shopping Cart FAQ, with a twist

I know this is a FAQ. But the answer still isn't clear,
regardless dozens of previous threads.

I want to invest (time and perhaps money too) in
php-based shopping cart software. But--as a developer--
I want to work with a system adaptable to my
own automatic page generation libraries.

A quick look at OSCommerce was dissapointing because
OSCommerce requires register_globals to be on, while
my system has it turned off. I don't mind spending
money ( < $500 ) but I do want well-written, modular
oop code that lends itself well to extension and modification.

What's the best system to work with?

re: Shopping Cart FAQ, with a twist

sounds harder than it is, shopping carts are easily written, use a session,
and store the SKU's (item numbers) in an array along with QTY.

or are you looking for an entire thumbnail, browsing, shopping site?

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Mike Bradley
http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools
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> I know this is a FAQ. But the answer still isn't clear,
> regardless dozens of previous threads.
>
> I want to invest (time and perhaps money too) in
> php-based shopping cart software. But--as a developer--
> I want to work with a system adaptable to my
> own automatic page generation libraries.
>
> A quick look at OSCommerce was dissapointing because
> OSCommerce requires register_globals to be on, while
> my system has it turned off. I don't mind spending
> money ( < $500 ) but I do want well-written, modular
> oop code that lends itself well to extension and modification.
>
> What's the best system to work with?[/color]

re: Shopping Cart FAQ, with a twist

Complete system? Yes.

Checkout previews, credit card prevalidation,
shipping costs as a function of weight times zip code,
storing previous transactions, cookie based
customer info (street address, email, etc),
all that stuff adds up to a lot of code.