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Are there any books that can teach a good/useful PHP framework to build an ecommerce site? Please recommend.

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PHP 5 e-commerce Development starts by creating a simple MVC-style framework, then continues to teach you how to build an e-commerce system with PHP.

Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL teaches custom e-commerce development with PHP.

WordPress 2.9 E-Commerce shows how to use PHP, WordPress, and the WP-Commerce plugin to build an e-commerce site.

Joomla! E-Commerce with VirtueMart builds an e-commerce site using Joomla.

Drupal E-commerce with Ubercart 2.x demonstrates e-commerce site builds using Drupal.

Building PHP Applications with Symfony™, CakePHP, and Zend® Framework gives an overview of working with three popular PHP frameworks, with concepts that could be applied to developing a shop.

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Since there are so many frameworks out there, which would you use to create a simple ecommerce site (complete with checkouts, users, etc)? Or would you just create it from scratch? – cfarm54 Jun 9 '11 at 17:25
I've built online shops with WordPress, CodeIgniter, and custom PHP, and find doing it from scratch easiest. You code only what you need, have a better understanding of what every line does, and need not worry about the initial learning curve or inevitable code refactoring when YourFramework 3.0 comes out. – Nick Jun 9 '11 at 17:35
Thanks, is there a place that I can learn to do this with custom PHP? – cfarm54 Jun 9 '11 at 20:51
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Any particular reason why you're looking for a framework to aid you with this task?

I'd say with the complexity of e-commerce applications (Yes, you can make a 'simple' one, but it's still going to be pretty complicated by the time you're done with frontend/backend, order management, payment gateways, etc etc) that you might want to consider possibly writing your own framework so you fully understand what your code is doing - this way you can also ensure what you're doing is 'secure' - which is pretty key when it comes to money changing hands.

Granted, Magento uses the Zend framework, but it's all heavily customized etc to be their own.

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The Zend framework can help you with your project. A good book is "Zend Framework in Action". Get it here.

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That's not a book. It's software. – John Conde♦ Jun 8 '11 at 22:00
I also don't think it's a Framework, but since I'm new to php I could be wrong... – cfarm54 Jun 8 '11 at 22:26
Changed my answer to be more in line with the question asked. – Chris Ting Jun 8 '11 at 22:43

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