A little help... - Page 2

NirTivAal · August 31st, 2004, 8:49 AM

Sure, just give me a day or so. My PHP is a little rusty.

**patrickb** · August 31st, 2004, 8:55 AM

Bigjohn, how much experience do you have with PHP? I know of a way to do this, but would like to know where to start off with it for you.

**Bigjohn** · August 31st, 2004, 8:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrickb

Bigjohn, how much experience do you have with PHP? I know of a way to do this, but would like to know where to start off with it for you.

I can do the basic stuff. The site in question - mcdonoughfineart.com - is PHP/Mysql. All the pages are 'built' using database query and PHP. I'm a pretty quick study.

**patrickb** · August 31st, 2004, 9:11 AM

Ok, good... Then goto http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/c...lery-wade8.php and set that up. It's custom sessions that are stored in a database. Basics of it are simple, a cookie with the session ID is stored on the users computer, then the rest of the session is kept in a mysql database.

The basic premise of the idea that I have in mind is that you will store the cart items in an array via session variables. Something like $_SESSION['cart'][0] = item #1 etc...

Then when you want to add items into the array/cart the code would look something similar to:

Code:

$_SESSION['cart'][] = <new item variable here, however it is designed>

And finally when it comes time to review the cart a simple:

Code:

foreach ($_SESSION['cart'] as $count => $item) {
  echo "<html code outputting whatever format and the items description>";
}

It's a very simplistic design and should work well with some tweaking. Try reading up on that and thinking about it, then post your thoughts and questions back here.

**Bigjohn** · August 31st, 2004, 9:18 AM

Excellent.

I'll have a look. Don't think I'll have a chance today...

Can you email me at bigjohns at gmail? I want to discuss the stats problems I've been having on Pass5

NirTivAal · August 31st, 2004, 9:19 AM

Here's basically what you need to do. Some of the code might be wrong, since I've spent the summer learning C++ instead of working on PHP.

This first file should be include()ed first thing, since it sets and modifies cookies.

Code:

/* I'm assuming that the way you refrence paintings is by a unique print number, since there's only one piece of data per print you only need one cookie.

I'm also assuming that the user clicked a link to add the print to their cart, and the info was passed in the URI (example: mcdonoughfineart.com/index.php?printnum=574) */

$print_num = addslashes($_GET['printnum']);
$order = addslashes($_COOKIE['order_data']);

/* Now that you have the two pieces of data used by the program you need to determine what to do with them */

if ($print_num) { // If there is a print number
   if  ($order) {   // If there is a cookie already
      $order += ";$print_num";      // Append new print num to the order
      /* The semicolon is placed in front of the $print_num so that numbers don't run together, this variable will be explode()ed later on */
   } else { // No cookie exists, set a new one
       setcookie('order_data,$print_num); /* Create a new cookie and include the oprder data */
} else {  // If there is no print number do nothing

}

**Bigjohn** · August 31st, 2004, 9:40 AM

Thanks Nir. I'll look at that too.

Patrick - i replied to your email and it bounced!

**Ancyru** · August 31st, 2004, 9:44 AM

It's a one-way email.

**patrickb** · August 31st, 2004, 10:16 AM

Heheh, one-way email, the sure way to never receive spam again.

BJ, not quite sure why it bounced, but messages are coming through for me now again. Try it one more time and let me know.

August 31st, 2004, 8:55 AM	#11 (permalink)
patrickb the one who was Super #1 Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Memphis 1,967 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	Bigjohn, how much experience do you have with PHP? I know of a way to do this, but would like to know where to start off with it for you. __________________ Patrick Warnings: The program(s) might crash unexpectedly or behave otherwise strangely. (But of course, so do many commercial programs on Windows.) --www.gimp.org

August 31st, 2004, 9:11 AM	#13 (permalink)
patrickb the one who was Super #1 Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Memphis 1,967 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	Ok, good... Then goto http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/c...lery-wade8.php and set that up. It's custom sessions that are stored in a database. Basics of it are simple, a cookie with the session ID is stored on the users computer, then the rest of the session is kept in a mysql database. The basic premise of the idea that I have in mind is that you will store the cart items in an array via session variables. Something like $_SESSION['cart'][0] = item #1 etc... Then when you want to add items into the array/cart the code would look something similar to: Code: $_SESSION['cart'][] = <new item variable here, however it is designed> And finally when it comes time to review the cart a simple: Code: foreach ($_SESSION['cart'] as $count => $item) { echo "<html code outputting whatever format and the items description>"; } It's a very simplistic design and should work well with some tweaking. Try reading up on that and thinking about it, then post your thoughts and questions back here. __________________ Patrick Warnings: The program(s) might crash unexpectedly or behave otherwise strangely. (But of course, so do many commercial programs on Windows.) --www.gimp.org

August 31st, 2004, 9:18 AM	#14 (permalink)
Bigjohn minor deity Super #1 Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in Georgia Hosted on XEON 7,395 posts Gave thanks: 28 Thanked 94 times	Excellent. I'll have a look. Don't think I'll have a chance today... Can you email me at bigjohns at gmail? I want to discuss the stats problems I've been having on Pass5 __________________ Proud to be a Surmunity Mod! XEON PASS60 PASS61 Make a fundamental difference! My Sites: Curious about Brewing Beer? Join the community! >>>>> Some Change is GOOD! Keep your paycheck! Support the Fair Tax Get into an Art museum Victorian London It's your brain -*ON WEB* - mybrainhost.com (under development) What SHOULD Government do? Much Less than it Does!

August 31st, 2004, 9:40 AM	#16 (permalink)
Bigjohn minor deity Super #1 Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in Georgia Hosted on XEON 7,395 posts Gave thanks: 28 Thanked 94 times	Thanks Nir. I'll look at that too. Patrick - i replied to your email and it bounced! __________________ Proud to be a Surmunity Mod! XEON PASS60 PASS61 Make a fundamental difference! My Sites: Curious about Brewing Beer? Join the community! >>>>> Some Change is GOOD! Keep your paycheck! Support the Fair Tax Get into an Art museum Victorian London It's your brain -*ON WEB* - mybrainhost.com (under development) What SHOULD Government do? Much Less than it Does!

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August 31st, 2004, 8:49 AM	#10 (permalink)
NirTivAal Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Nov 2003 80 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Sure, just give me a day or so. My PHP is a little rusty.

August 31st, 2004, 10:16 AM	#18 (permalink)
patrickb the one who was Super #1 Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Memphis 1,967 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	Heheh, one-way email, the sure way to never receive spam again. BJ, not quite sure why it bounced, but messages are coming through for me now again. Try it one more time and let me know. __________________ Patrick Warnings: The program(s) might crash unexpectedly or behave otherwise strangely. (But of course, so do many commercial programs on Windows.) --www.gimp.org

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