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[Stefany93]

Hello colleguages,

I am really sorry for the stupid question, but I need some help. I have started learning PHP a while ago and I am on the subject of shopping carts. Now I know shopping carts are used to help customers buy stuff from an Ecommerce website, but what I couldn't understand, no matter how long I searched is how the hell it works?

OK, I know you pick up items and you put them in your shopping cart and then proceed to checkout and lets say you pay using a credit card and that money are automatically transfered to the owner of the website's bank account then how will you, the end customer, receive the final product, let say a book?

I am sorry for the ill explanation, but I really can't get it. Does the PHP script automatically sends an email to the owner of the website and it says "John wants to buy the book The Wealth of Nations and he paid 10 $ for it and the money have already arrived in your bank account, now please order the book for him"

Or does the PHP script automatically sends the book to John's house while he is supping his coffee?

I really don't get! Please help me!

[WingedPanther]

You just have a database table that links a user/session with items you have for sale.

[bbqroast]

Generally the distributor will have a warehouse with people in it, when the product is purchased it is added a to a list which they can then view (using PDAs or whatnot) and then they find and mail the item.