I'm looking to create mini E-comm sites preferably done in Flex2/AS3, so as to implement the kind of interface seen in Adobe's sample store application (http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/inproduct/sdk/flexstore/flexstore.html).I'm
I'd also like to make use of PHP on the backend, as that's how our servers are setup, I wonder if this would mean use of AMFPHP. I guess a really good yet simple php based shopping cart with a large community around it would be a perfect starting point, then it would be a matter of developing the Flex based frontend, and then creating the Methods for the PHP Cart and Flex Interface to communicate. Of course I could seriously be underestimating this, though if solutions already exist at a reasonable price, I'd love to know about them. Below are some of the experiences I've had so far: I started by exploring Drupal/Ubercart/AMFPHP as a backend but the functionality out of the box is quite basic, I was able to load data from the Drupal/UberCart Catalog and display as I wanted in a simple Flex interface, but as far creating an order and having it processed by the backend, those methods didn't exist, and I dont know enough PHP to create them. I've heard of both 'Allurent Buy' from http://www.allurent.com/page.php?id=46 and 'DotShop Admin/MySQL' from http://www.dotography.com/product.php The first is far too expensive for my purposes, and the second doesn't have the interface features I'd like, and seems like closed source option so there probably wouldnt be a chance to modify.
