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[edit] Technology Overview
The Deluxe PHP shopping cart uses PHP. It has worked in both PHP version 4 & PHP version 5. Customer accounts, orders, ordered items, transactions & shipped packages are all stored in a MySQL database. Finally, the create new customer and update customer forms use Javascript to show and populate any states / provinces that have been defined for the selected country.
[edit] PHP
PHP is a scripting platform typically used for making dynamic websites. It is free to download and install on your server, or more likely you have a PHP or 'Linux' website package. (talk to your website package provider for details).
[edit] MySQL database
MySQL database is a type of database that works well with many concurrent users, making it perfect for dynamic websites. MySQL databases also run on a free platform, and most, if not all website packages, come with access to at least one MySQL database (talk to your website package provider for details).
[edit] Javascript
Only one aspect of the cart uses Javascript: customer forms. Each customer form (be it new customer form, update customer form, etc) uses Javascript to detect if there are states / provinces defined for the currently selected country. If there are states defined, it shows them in a drop down box - if no states are defined, it shows a text box for users to enter their state / province themselves.
Javascript is a browser technology, as such there is no need to download or install anything; all modern browsers support Javascript.
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