PHP 5 e-commerce Development- P1 pdf

PHP 5 e-commerce
Development
Create a flexible framework in PHP for a powerful
e-commerce solution
Michael Peacock
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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PHP 5 e-commerce Development
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First published: January 2010
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Credits
Author
Michael Peacock
Reviewers
Chetankumar Akarte
Tahsin Hasan
Acquisition Editor
Douglas Paterson
Development Editor
Swapna V. Verlekar
Technical Editor
Ishita Dhabalia
Indexer
Rekha Nair
Proofreader
Sandra Hopper
Production Editorial Manager
Abhijeet Deobhakta
Editorial Team Leader
Gagandeep Singh
Project Team Leader
Lata Basantani
Project Coordinator
Poorvi Nair
Graphics
Geetanjali Sawant
Production Coordinator
Shantanu Zagade

Cover Work
Shantanu Zagade
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About the Author
Michael Peacock () is a web developer from
Newcastle on Tyne, UK with a degree in Software Engineering from the University
of Durham. After meeting his business partner while studying at Durham, he
co-founded Peacock Carter Limited (), a
Newcastle-based creative consultancy specializing in web design, web development,
and corporate identity. Michael loves working on web-related projects and new
business ideas, usually with interests in several companies.
He has been involved with a number of books, having written four books: PHP 5
e-commerce Development, Drupal 6 Social Networking, Selling Online with Drupal
e-Commerce, and Building Websites with TYPO3, and acted as technical reviewer
for two others—Mobile Web Development and Drupal for Education and E-Learning.
You can follow Michael on Twitter:
I'd like to thank everybody at Packt Publishing, in particular
Douglas Paterson for working with me on building the idea of this
book into a suitable structure; Poorvi Nair for helping to keep the
book on track; Swapna Verlekar, the development editor; and of
course, the technical reviewers, Chetan Akarte and Tahsin Hasan,
who helped improve the quality of the book.

My thanks also go to my friends and family, in particular my ancée
Emma for her support while working on the book.

Finally, I'd like to thank you, the reader; I hope that you enjoy this
book, and produce a fantastic e-commerce website of your own. I
look forward to hearing your feedback and seeing what e-commerce

sites you come up with!
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About the Reviewers
Chetankumar Akarte is working on PHP since last 5 years. He has extensively
worked on small- and large-scale PHP e-commerce, social networking, Wordpress,
and Joomla-based web projects. Over the years, Chetan has been actively involved
in "Xfunda Developers Community" and has regularly been blogging on Microsoft
.NET technology at .
Chetan received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics from the Nagpur
University, India in 2006. He likes to contribute on the newsgroups and forums,
and has written articles for Electronics For You, DeveloperIQ, and Flash & Flex
Developer's Magazine.
Chetan lives in Navi Mumbai, India. You can visit his websites
and or get
in touch with him at
I would like to thank my sister Poonam and Jijaji Vinay for their
consistent support and encouragement. I'd also like to thank Packt
Publishing and especially my Project Coordinator Poorvi for giving
me the opportunity to do something useful.
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