Have you checked out the preexisting Ecommerce systems, like Ubercart?
>
> I need to upgrade an ecommerce site that serves a virtual company. It
> actually does more than ecommerce. None of us are in the same
> community. We are spread to the winds. So we rely on the web to make
> it happen. Our current solution was written in PHP 4 by someone
> else. I upgrade it to PHP 5 about 4 years ago. It is full of patches,
> some old code and some new. Part is MVC and other parts have HTML and
> PHP mixed together with DB code. It is time to do a complete makeover
> and add a ton of functionality. I've been looking at CodeIgniter for
> the project. However Java has jumped up on my radar again. I say
> again, because I have studied and played with Java multiple times over
> the past 10 or 12 years.
>
> As I think about this, I think we can use Java to do the web app, and
> potentially create a desktop app to allow the operations folks to have
> access with an app that runs on their Win or MAC PC's. Potentially
> maybe even a smart device app.
>
> Any thoughts are always appreciated.
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Sun, 1/20/13, Bryan O'Neal
> /<Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Bryan O'Neal <Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: Java vs PHP
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
> Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 1:38 PM
>
> The question I have is what you are doing. If it is small with few
> hits and non stateful data use PHP or even rails. If you are doing
> an massively scaled ecommerce site then you use java. It is a
> matter of which does what better. As for the individual thinking
> java was client side, I suggest that perhaps you are thinking java
> script not java. Java is server side and processed tomcat or jboss.
> Personal I like java :)
>
> On Jan 20, 2013 12:24 PM, "keith smith" <klsmith2020@yahoo.com
> </mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am in the process of planning a web project. I'm thinking
> possibly using Java. To this point I have done all my web
> projects using PHP. I know there will be a learning curve.
>
> My main question is the availability of Java programmers. It
> seems there is a lot of PHP talent available for PHP
> projects. I like that there is a lot of availability of PHP
> programmer because that makes my apps supportable if I move on
> or am otherwise not available.
>
> I have not met a lot of Java programmers, so I assume they are
> not available the same way PHP programmers are. In other
> words I think I can visit Gang Plank HQ and find a hand full
> of PHP programmers that I would fee good about pulling into a
> project. I'm not sure I can say the same with Java
> programmers, however I have not paid much attention when it
> comes to Java programmers.
>
> You thoughts are much appreciated!!
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
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