Alain Roger wrote: > Hi, > > i'm currently analyzing an e-shop system. > i understand how to display products and so on, however i still have some > question marks on the following topics: > > 1. what is the best way for showing product image ? > - to store them in DB or onto filesystem as simple image files ? > - each product should have 2 images (1 small when user browser the > catalogue, 1 huge (standard) when user wants to see how product looks like). > Should be 1 or 2 images ? I mean should i store in DB/filesystem the > standard file and reduce size for user browsing ? > I usually store the name in the DB and the image on the FS. > 2. billing interaction > basically i was thinking to allow users to pay via PayPal, Bank2Bank and by > credit card. > - What i do not understand is how can i interact with such third party > company ? > - for paypal: how can i redirect user to PayPal and pay to my account and > how to get back information that he paid (and that i can send the good) ? > - Bank transfer: how can i control it ? > - Credit card payment: how can i be sure that when user give me his credit > card number, my application will secure it enough ? how can i get back > information that it's true...user paid the good and i can send him the > product ? > > thanks a lot for all your feedback. > > Paypal can handle itself, Bank Transfers and Credit Cards for you. They have nice APIs. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
