Shopping cart script (without MYSQL)

underworldmagic · 16 Nov 2006 at 12:21

Hi,

Ive been using ZenCart for a while now on an experimental basis, and my only limitation is my hosts, MYSQL database.

I need a shopping cart script which does not use MYSQL, and can handle about 3000 or over products, im on linux server.

can you suggest anything, anything you can recommend from personal experience.

thanks

probedb · 16 Nov 2006 at 19:53

It'll be slow as hell as I can see the only way to do it being a file based system which would mean disc access every time a page is hit?

Otherwise you'll have to hard code all your products and pass the basket around in a session then write to a pwd protected dir to store orders?

Out of interest why don't they have MySQL...even hosting costing £17.50 a year has MySQL?

Wimnat · 17 Nov 2006 at 01:06

underworldmagic said:
Hi,

Ive been using ZenCart for a while now on an experimental basis, and my only limitation is my hosts, MYSQL database.

I need a shopping cart script which does not use MYSQL, and can handle about 3000 or over products, im on linux server.

can you suggest anything, anything you can recommend from personal experience.

thanks

MySQL or SQL in general? As mentioned, shopping basket without a DB is going to be a lot more difficult.

blade007 · 17 Nov 2006 at 09:17

i don't see the point in trying to recreate something when all that you need is MySQL ... 1 yr of good hosting is very reasonable these days.

underworldmagic · 18 Nov 2006 at 16:48

I do have MySQL with my host (1&1) but they limit their database to 100mb which is far too less.

I just thought there might have been an alternative rather than changing hosts.

blade007 · 18 Nov 2006 at 16:59

ask Vidahost.

they helped me moving some sites before, and did so quickly and efficiently (mySQL and all sorts).

just have to ask them.