Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL, Second Edition

Introduction

Electronic commerce has been an important and viable part of the Internet for well over 15 years now. From the behemoths like Amazon.com to the mom-and-pop online stores to the boutiques run through Etsy, e-commerce is performed in a number of ways. Despite the dozens, or hundreds, of failures for every single commercial success, e-commerce can still be an excellent business tool when done properly. And yet, surprisingly, there are very few books dedicated to the subject.

Using two concrete examples, plus plenty of theory, this book covers the fundamentals of developing e-commerce websites using PHP and MySQL. Emphasizing security, a positive customer experience, and modular, extendable programming, this book presents tons of detailed ...