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( ADD YOURS )becky May 27th
Do I have to join to get the tutorial, and why?
( )suciu vlad May 28th
By subscribing to the tutsplus you get access to bonus tutorials and stuff. Read the banner above.
( )Philips Tel May 28th
actually, i really want to get your tutorial, but must i pay for it, why the other tutorials in nettus not must be paid.
Philips Tel May 28th
actually, i really want to get your tutorial, but must i pay for it?
why the other tutorials in nettus not must be paid….
Myfacefriends May 27th
this is nice!
( )Jatinder July 20th
but u r nice too
( )Raducu May 27th
Thanks a lot staff!
I’ve been a member for 3 month and I don’t regret it!
(for $22 – almost 13gb of tuts & files + very good quality)
I urge you people to support TutsPlus to make possible this quality content!
( )insic May 28th
Just one thing im not sure of. If somebody join plus, does he/she have access to a previous plus tut?
( )Bigboss May 28th
Yes you will.
Basically when you join the plus tuts you get access to previous tutorials which have been developed in the past.
Just because you have joined for instance from today, does not mean that you get plus tutorials only from today onwards. Instead you will/should get access to legacy entries as well.
Hope this helps,
Owen.
insic May 28th
thanks Owen
Meshach May 28th
Same thing I was wondering!
Thanks for the info Owen.
( )Scott May 29th
And you also get access to all the Plus content from PSDTuts, VectorTuts, and AudioTuts as well. Not just NetTuts.
( )Joe Starnford May 27th
http://v3.thewatchmakerproject.com/journal/276/building-a-simple-php-shopping-cart
http://www.phpwebcommerce.com/
*yawn*
why do people pay for tutorials you can easily get with a simple google search?
( )lawrence77 May 28th
nettuts gives more information than Google
( )Philips Tel May 28th
ooh..i don’t think so
by google we can find anything even nettuts information, but not for nettuts. It will be better if u said “nettuts prepare the better web development tutorial than the other tutorial website”
@joe starnford, yach..i agree with u
, and i have download tutorial from :
http://www.phpwebcommerce.com/php-mysql-shopping-cart-tutorial.php
it is very good for beginner.
Saleh Galiwala May 29th
Do Net Tuts pay the publishers .I don,t think so.Then Y are they charging the readers.Basically Net tuts is the repository of tutorials you find on net by searching on Google.Turn Net Tuts in open community.All will be benefited.
lawrence77 May 29th
I agree Philips Tel…
But Just for Fun I said that comment….
Yeah its good for beginner …………
Philips Tel May 29th
Brendan May 27th
Going to have to get myself registered for TutsPlus I think ASAP!!
I’ve enjoyed and learnt a lot so these tutorials and this one comes at a great time for me, working with PHP on a few project right now!
Thanks
( )Paul Davis May 27th
Does this tut cover payment too? If it does, I’m finally buying a membership!
( )Don Danielson May 27th
No, it doesn’t go into payment. It’s still a great though.
( )w1sh May 27th
I can’t complain about the price. Including all the sites under one Tuts membership was a great idea.
Unfortunately I’m incredibly broke all the time and you guys pick the Tuts I reeeaally want to see and +’ify them!
( )kevinsturf May 27th
pretty cool, nice and simple
( )Nathan May 27th
I’d also like to know if it covers payment stuff. If not, kind of useless for anyone that knows basic php / mysql
( )Muhammad Adnan May 28th
for paypal integration , seach on nettuts .. Paypal integration tutorial is there .
( )suciu vlad May 27th
Hi Nathan, it doesn’t covers the payment stuff, maybe on a fututure tutorial.
( )Hasanga May 27th
yes! I also need to know if it covers checkout process? Something like paypall integration.
I know when you say “Shopping cart” it has nothing to do with payment processing
Thanks!
( )Hasanga May 27th
opps! just appear the answer for my question!
Thanks!
( )Travis May 27th
Nope, its basically the basic setup. I enjoyed it.
( )Hasanga May 27th
Guys!! why not start building a CMS tutorial ?
( )Infamous May 27th
Great tut, on a subsequent tutorial can you ‘please’ talk a bit louder on the screencast!
( )Gav May 27th
Hi Guys,
Is there a full list of all TUTSPLUS articles? I am considering purchasing but would like to see the entire list ideally before parting with my pocket money
( )Muhammad Adnan May 28th
what is your windows version ?
( )is it windows7 ?
suciu vlad May 28th
yes, it’s windows 7 RC.
( )patrick May 28th
hello; i’m a member of nettuts and thank you for this tutorial; but, why if i refresh the page Cart add an alement?
( )suciu vlad May 28th
Because on refresh the browser sends the information again (repeats the action)
( )patrick May 28th
thank you for answer, but why did you make this way? i think that the tutorial is very usefull but you didn’t give us this method; a lot of people have not skills to correct this refresh, me to. could you write the answer, please? thank you.
Erwin Heiser May 28th
Nice enough tut but the audio was pretty bad… and while are people still using mysql_connect instead of mysql improved?
( )Kyle May 28th
What editor are you using?
( )Design freak May 28th
this tut will be very useful for me as my team is creating a similar thing for our new project.
thanks a ton
( )Harry May 28th
Great tut!
( )Is this a part one?
digitalhenry May 28th
Thanks for the tut but to me it seems like you just typing not explaining whats going on. I was hoping you can go into detail like Jeff does instead of me watching you create this cart without having to understand what you are typing. Thanks and I’m not trying to be mean but didnt really learn as much as I was hoping to.
( )suciu vlad May 28th
what part you don’t understand? the video has a text version too
( )Philips Tel May 28th
actually, i really want to get your tutorial, but must i pay for it, why the other tutorials in nettus not be must payed.
lawrence77 May 29th
they are less in content than this maybe…..
Ivanvonic Yunokov May 29th
только название учебника вы, безусловно, очень хороший, но как жаль, он должен быть оплачен. на самом деле интересно для меня, потому что я все еще начинающий PHP и MySQL.
СПАСИБО..
( )JoeM May 30th
Really Great, thanks..
( )Sean June 3rd
Very good, easy to understand. Thanks and keep them coming!
( )Daniel Groves June 6th
Again… so tempted to sign up to tuts+
( )Csaba June 8th
Great tutorial again… Thanx guys
( )Daniel Groves June 9th
Does the tutorial include a beckend controll panel?
( )george June 10th
Don’t pay for this tutorial, it’s NOT worth the money.
( )Atalay June 11th
Sorry, for interrupting.. Paying for tutorials?! NO, thanks, I really prefer to donate! (The quality is your first choise, it could be seen by everyone, but donation system makes users feel more comfort and there is more chance to level up your income
( )Kind Regards,
Jeffrey Way June 11th
You’d pay for education, right? This is the same thing, just on a smaller scale.
( )Juan C Rois August 8th
I totally agree with Jeff, I just got my membership yesterday and I could not be happier. $9 a month is barely the price of a six pack and I don’t see anybody complaining about it. It is true that there might be free tuts elsewhere but it’s not only about being part of the development community but also support it, C’mon people, we all started at some point and we should give something back, wether it is by contributing or support the ones who create the content that we all take advantage of.
Dan September 7th
I agree as well, if you can’t/won’t pay 30 cents a day for a site dedicated to exactly what you need then go Google it somewhere else.
Brian June 11th
I can’t believe these people are complaining about 9 bucks. You skip two latte’s at starbucks and you can get a month of great content.
( )Really people where are your priorities.
I enjoyed the tut, but the volume was a bit low. Came at the right time for an upcoming project. Thanks!
Laneth Sffarlenn June 24th
I echo your sentiments Brian – seriously, if people really wanted to push that 9 bucks to the limit, why not pay it and download the tuts all at once and work on them over time?
I must say that I kinda agree with digitalhenry in that there were large spots of watching you type php and work on the mysql database without any real explanation of what was going on. As someone with NO mysql experience, I was hoping that the php and mysql steps / controllers would be explained a little more, but overall I am happy about this tutorial.
Kudos Suciu, well done on your first tut! I look forward to learning from ye again!
@Jeff Way – agreed. People coming here should just get used to the fact that some tutorials are paid, and some aren’t. Get over it.
I’ve paid for a three-month user account and haven’t looked back. In a little under a month I’ll be paying another $22 to enjoy the freedom of self-education through your team’s tutorials. Massive thanks, once again!
( )Mr Twister June 30th
Does this tute cover back-end administration, adding products, product pictrures and stuff ?
Also very important, does it cover SEARCHING for products and then return linkable results ?
( )pdpullmn612 July 19th
Hey,
What editor are you using? It looks awesome and I wanna try it out.
Thanks!
( )Paul July 29th
http://www.qualitycodes.com/tutorial.php?articleid=28 is a great tutorial on building shopping cart in PHP
( )Paul July 29th
sorry it is
( )http://www.qualitycodes.com/tutorial.php?articleid=25
kodegeek August 10th
should be open for all!
( )Smith August 14th
http://www.qualitycodes.com/tutorial.php?articleid=25 is also a very good tutorial on building a shopping cart in PHP
( )taticul tau September 1st
sa te fut direct in guritza1!
( )nomi September 14th
It is nice tutorial. One can make a shopping cart with use of PHP and mysql.
( )Brandon H October 8th
If you remove all items in the cart you get mysql errors.
( )francis October 27th
Fix them, then. This is how you will learn.
( )francis October 27th
Stop complaining…. Membership fees basically covers the ability to have one central place for most content and not having to go look else were. I’m not a member, but soon will be and this is a good choice to have for it’s wide variety and diversity. Content on these sites are still mostly home made, meaning, not too commercial or professional, but it gives us down to earth hand on training. Personally I don’t expect to become an expert or learn how to do things from these types of sites, but to improve my coding skills both with others techniques and even their errors. With no fees it will also be almost impossible to maintain hosting cost, graphic design costs and other web elements aspects. Good job, Suciu Vlad.
( )jobob October 28th
Your giving tutorials on php and your using windows LOL; now thats funny
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