--- product_id: 8598067 title: "Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL (Voices That Matter)" price: "E£ 12420" currency: EGP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/8598067-effortless-e-commerce-with-php-and-mysql-voices-that-matter store_origin: EG region: Egypt --- # Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL (Voices That Matter) **Price:** E£ 12420 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL (Voices That Matter) - **How much does it cost?** E£ 12420 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.eg](https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/8598067-effortless-e-commerce-with-php-and-mysql-voices-that-matter) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In this comprehensive guide to creating an e-commerce Web site using PHP and MySQL, renowned author Larry Ullman walks you through every step--designing the visual interface, creating the database, presenting content, generating an online catalog, managing the shopping cart, handling the order and the payment process, and fulfilling the order--always with security and best practices emphasized along the way. Even if you're an experienced Web developer, you're guaranteed to learn something new. The book uses two e-commerce site examples--one based on selling physical products that require shipping and delayed payment, and another that sells non-physical products to be purchased and delivered instantly--so you see the widest possible range of e-commerce scenarios. In 11 engaging, easy-to-follow chapters, Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL teaches you how to: * Think of the customer first, in order to maximize sales * Create a safe server environment and database * Use secure transactions and prevent common vulnerabilities * Incorporate different payment gateways * Design scalable sites that are easy to maintain * Build administrative interfaces * Extend both examples to match the needs of your own sites Review: Thoroughly enoyable--one of a kind! - Wonderful--as a newcomer to computer programming in general, and especially PHP, I just today finalized reading Effortless E-commerce in a matter of three weeks with only having previously read--and having surprisingly well comprehended-- Ullman's PHP for the Web and PHP and MySQL books. Needless to say, although the transition to Effortless E-Commerce was a daunting task, it was thoroughly enjoyable-- and even meditative--as I was able to follow the logic quite well, in spite of being weak in both the SQL commands and actual application (and sessions, which I can simply review from his previous books to get up to speed). To top off the good energy, I have also today begun reading Larry's MySQL book, which serves as a God-sent in preparing me for actually building the sites in Ullman's effortless e-commerce book. Some of the highlights of Larry's book include the presentation of his own voice in more detail than in Visual Quickstart guides. I loved his introductory components that outlined things such as PCI Compliance, security considerations, and advantages/disadvantages of various hosting packages with PHP sites. He also explained in greater detail ways to transfer over one's site from localhost to a paid server, which could involve either password protecting directories with secure information or putting them outside of the Web root, either method dependent on the option available from the corresponding service provider. Most importantly, however, Ullman's book was not only a provider of detailed instructions on how to build two e-commerce sites with varied functionality, but also a demonstrator of new instructional concepts, such as how to use stored procedures (with MySQL); how to incorporate advanced regular expressions; how to use some amazing JQUERY tools for added functionality; and how to use module rewrites to alter the urls for added security and user-friendliness. I found that I was continually learning new concepts, not just repeating the previous pattern for the sole purpose of reinforcement. I have to agree with our desertcart reviewer friend, DeveloperJerry, that a book on M-commerce (mobile e-commerce) using PHP/MySQL would be excellent to see, as it would provide additional stellar examples for devices. In fact, I was so at a loss with finalizing Larry's Effortless E-Commerce book, as it had such appeal that I wanted it to continue on forever, that an M-commerce book would be most welcome, indeed. I plan on continuing to work with the book in actually building the sites from scratch after both reading Larry's MySQL edition and getting more practice with using the phpMyAdmin tool. As a newbie, getting to this stage of development is a very thrilling process, one which I previously found impossible to achieve without the assistance of Larry's phenomenal teaching tools. I will just make concerted prayers, requesting that Larry decides to publish additional commerce books (M-Commerce, for instance) and publishes, possibly, a manual on JQuery specifically. Thank you so much, Larry, for the wonderful learning experience! Review: Effortless E commerce - Effortless E-Commerce touches on a subject that many PHP and MYSQL books touch on but never really walk you through making a website. Larry does that with this book. However, he goes short of making it a complete full featured site. Rather, he gives you a basic dynamic e-commerce site that you can add more advanced features on your own. This is where I think the book was lacking. He doesn't touch on subjects such as product reviews or recommendations etc. I don't know why he didn't since the book is only about 350 pages. He does a good job of explaining what he is doing when he does add certain features. I like his simple basic approach to coding compared to other over complicated coding methods. I give it a 4/5 because it doesn't cover the entire spectrum of possibilities-- which I was hoping he would and allow you to plug in those functionality if you so pleased. Granted they are not that hard to add to your page, still wish he would have covered everything about e-commerce. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,372,298 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #29 in PHP Programming #57 in MySQL Guides #178 in SQL | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 45 Reviews | ## Images ![Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL (Voices That Matter) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/614ngC+OAzL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thoroughly enoyable--one of a kind! *by S***C on August 24, 2012* Wonderful--as a newcomer to computer programming in general, and especially PHP, I just today finalized reading Effortless E-commerce in a matter of three weeks with only having previously read--and having surprisingly well comprehended-- Ullman's PHP for the Web and PHP and MySQL books. Needless to say, although the transition to Effortless E-Commerce was a daunting task, it was thoroughly enjoyable-- and even meditative--as I was able to follow the logic quite well, in spite of being weak in both the SQL commands and actual application (and sessions, which I can simply review from his previous books to get up to speed). To top off the good energy, I have also today begun reading Larry's MySQL book, which serves as a God-sent in preparing me for actually building the sites in Ullman's effortless e-commerce book. Some of the highlights of Larry's book include the presentation of his own voice in more detail than in Visual Quickstart guides. I loved his introductory components that outlined things such as PCI Compliance, security considerations, and advantages/disadvantages of various hosting packages with PHP sites. He also explained in greater detail ways to transfer over one's site from localhost to a paid server, which could involve either password protecting directories with secure information or putting them outside of the Web root, either method dependent on the option available from the corresponding service provider. Most importantly, however, Ullman's book was not only a provider of detailed instructions on how to build two e-commerce sites with varied functionality, but also a demonstrator of new instructional concepts, such as how to use stored procedures (with MySQL); how to incorporate advanced regular expressions; how to use some amazing JQUERY tools for added functionality; and how to use module rewrites to alter the urls for added security and user-friendliness. I found that I was continually learning new concepts, not just repeating the previous pattern for the sole purpose of reinforcement. I have to agree with our Amazon reviewer friend, DeveloperJerry, that a book on M-commerce (mobile e-commerce) using PHP/MySQL would be excellent to see, as it would provide additional stellar examples for devices. In fact, I was so at a loss with finalizing Larry's Effortless E-Commerce book, as it had such appeal that I wanted it to continue on forever, that an M-commerce book would be most welcome, indeed. I plan on continuing to work with the book in actually building the sites from scratch after both reading Larry's MySQL edition and getting more practice with using the phpMyAdmin tool. As a newbie, getting to this stage of development is a very thrilling process, one which I previously found impossible to achieve without the assistance of Larry's phenomenal teaching tools. I will just make concerted prayers, requesting that Larry decides to publish additional commerce books (M-Commerce, for instance) and publishes, possibly, a manual on JQuery specifically. Thank you so much, Larry, for the wonderful learning experience! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Effortless E commerce *by S***C on November 10, 2010* Effortless E-Commerce touches on a subject that many PHP and MYSQL books touch on but never really walk you through making a website. Larry does that with this book. However, he goes short of making it a complete full featured site. Rather, he gives you a basic dynamic e-commerce site that you can add more advanced features on your own. This is where I think the book was lacking. He doesn't touch on subjects such as product reviews or recommendations etc. I don't know why he didn't since the book is only about 350 pages. He does a good job of explaining what he is doing when he does add certain features. I like his simple basic approach to coding compared to other over complicated coding methods. I give it a 4/5 because it doesn't cover the entire spectrum of possibilities-- which I was hoping he would and allow you to plug in those functionality if you so pleased. Granted they are not that hard to add to your page, still wish he would have covered everything about e-commerce. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Wait is Over!!!!!!! *by D***Y on December 3, 2010* I have been pleased with Larry Ullman's books up to this point, but this one takes the cake! I have spent countless hours researching online for the information documented in this book. This book outlines in detail two different e-commerce models that will make any developer more valuable. First example is a site that uses PayPal. It goes into detail on how to use the PayPal sandbox to test your site before it goes live. The second example shows the reader how to implement a payment gateway directly onto your site. The second example is far more complex, but knowing how to accept credit card payments directly onto your site is very valuable and is well worth a little pain in grasping all that goes into that. He talks a lot about internet security, SSL, and server configuration ... all which are extremely important when it comes to e-commerce. If you are just starting to learn php or mysql, I would highly recommend one of his other books such as "Beginning PHP" or "PHP & MySQL" .. that is where I started 6 years ago. Larry has taught me a lot and has helped me become a more valuable developer. Thanks Larry P.S. 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