ShoppingCartLibraryv1.0

A simple, extensible PHP class for integrating a shopping cart into your web applications. This library was developed at the University Institute of Information Technology (UIIT-UAAR) and is released under the GPL license.

Features

• Add items to cart
• Delete items from cart
• Update items in cart
• Save cart in session
• Display all items in cart (in reverse order)
• Destroy the cart (usually after placing an order)
• Calculate total amount and total items

Getting Started

Requirements

• PHP 5.3 or later
• Sessions enabled in your PHP environment

Installation

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. Include the Cart.php file in your project:

   require_once 'Cart.php';

3. Start a PHP session at the beginning of your script if not already started:

   session_start();

Usage

Initialize the Cart

$cart = new Cart();

Add an Item

$item = array(
    'id' => 1,
    'name' => 'Product Name',
    'quantity' => 2,
    'price' => 100
    // 'options' => array('size' => 'L', 'color' => 'red') // Optional
);
$cart->insert($item);

Update an Item

$cart->update(array(
    'rowid' => $rowid, // Obtain rowid from cart contents
    'quantity' => 3
));

Remove an Item

$cart->remove($rowid);

Get Cart Contents

$items = $cart->contents();

Get Cart Total

$total = $cart->total();

Destroy the Cart

$cart->destroy();

Example

See index.php for a basic usage example.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Author

Ahmed Rehan
University Institute of Information Technology (UIIT-UAAR)

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This library is intended for educational purposes and basic PHP shopping cart integration. Contributions and improvements are welcome!