Re: [PHP] PHP Project for a newbie (me) or for hire?
This might be helpful as well. http://www.databaseanswers.com/data_models/hotels/index.htm olinux --- Dan Sabo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a huge potential project and I'm fairly new to PHP. I've been managing shopping carts for years for people, Miva Merchant, doing sites, etc., but would like to try my hand at a custom PHP cart if possible. I Was wondering if for the project requirements below ... a.) Any PHP ready made scripts already exist for the something similar to the below requirements, for sale or free, that I could modify, customize, etc. Something with a GUI admin page like PHPbb would be great. Or b.) If any PHP coders reading this might be interested in quoting this job, or c.) Can anyone point me towards any books, sites, etc that would have a how to, or sample scripts, snippets of code, etc geared towards the below project that I myself could use to do this project myself? What I'm looking for is a hotel reservation system, just for a small bed and breakfast, six rooms. It would enable a potential hotel guest to rent a room on either one or a consecutive block of dates. Using a click able calendar tied to the payment system. Once the renter is ready to pay via credit card, the code would generate a price and then go into a simple shopping cart where the customer can enter in his billing info and pay by credit card. Maybe the same customer could rent more than one room with the same date ranges, or on the same order rent different rooms for different dates, and date ranges, etc., with discounts available for quantity purchases of either rooms, or extended date ranges, or both. Also with the ability (for me) to set discounts differently (in the code) depending on if a customer rents more than one room, or more than one day, and extra discounts for renting multiple rooms only, multiple days only, and also additional discounts for renting both multiple rooms and multiple days, like for a convention. With ability to set my own discounts in various ways, i e depending on length of stay, number of rooms rented, number of days, etc etc, etc. I'd like it so that a customer could place a deposit on a room or group of rooms for the reservation, with the administrator (me) able to set the required deposit depending on what the price range is for the reservation, i e, a percentage of the purchase price of the total order. This option is not absolutely necessary but it would be a very nice feature. I need a service fee for cancellations, with variable cancellation fees settable by me, which depend on both the closeness of the reserved date to the cancellation and the amount of the sale, independently. The cancellation would be automatic, so that if a customer cancels a reservation, they are auto refunded on their CC either their deposit or paid in full price, minus a pre cancellation fee which is variable, with the ability to set that cancellation fee depending on the total sale price. Is this do able by a newbie with lots of gumption and the right books, snippets? I already have Wellings PHP and MySQL web Development and Professional PHP 4 Wrox. I read on another forum that there is a book written for Dreamweaver MX and a sample project is a hotel reservation system in PHP, but I use Go Live 6 and don't want to waste the money on that one. Thanks. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP Project for a newbie (me) or for hire?
Dan -- Just a short followup to your note, though I hope to come back to it when I get a breather. Yes, anything is possible if you have the gumption :-) You sound like you've been around the web a bit and aren't scared, so feel free to dig in and try it. PHP is a fairly easy language to grasp, especially if you speak any perl. I enjoy the SAMS PHP Developer's Cookbook, though there are others out there I'd love to have. I'm one of those coders who would love to work up a quote for the job if you're still in the market for hiring. I like the idea; I once put in a bid on a sailboat cabin reservation system for a fellow who ran a cruising sailboat with about 8 berths, and this sounds quite similar. I like little businesses like that who aren't afraid of some technology :-) HTH HAND at the very least Good Luck! :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[PHP] PHP Project for a newbie (me) or for hire?
Hi, I have a huge potential project and I'm fairly new to PHP. I've been managing shopping carts for years for people, Miva Merchant, doing sites, etc., but would like to try my hand at a custom PHP cart if possible. I Was wondering if for the project requirements below ... a.) Any PHP ready made scripts already exist for the something similar to the below requirements, for sale or free, that I could modify, customize, etc. Something with a GUI admin page like PHPbb would be great. Or b.) If any PHP coders reading this might be interested in quoting this job, or c.) Can anyone point me towards any books, sites, etc that would have a how to, or sample scripts, snippets of code, etc geared towards the below project that I myself could use to do this project myself? What I'm looking for is a hotel reservation system, just for a small bed and breakfast, six rooms. It would enable a potential hotel guest to rent a room on either one or a consecutive block of dates. Using a click able calendar tied to the payment system. Once the renter is ready to pay via credit card, the code would generate a price and then go into a simple shopping cart where the customer can enter in his billing info and pay by credit card. Maybe the same customer could rent more than one room with the same date ranges, or on the same order rent different rooms for different dates, and date ranges, etc., with discounts available for quantity purchases of either rooms, or extended date ranges, or both. Also with the ability (for me) to set discounts differently (in the code) depending on if a customer rents more than one room, or more than one day, and extra discounts for renting multiple rooms only, multiple days only, and also additional discounts for renting both multiple rooms and multiple days, like for a convention. With ability to set my own discounts in various ways, i e depending on length of stay, number of rooms rented, number of days, etc etc, etc. I'd like it so that a customer could place a deposit on a room or group of rooms for the reservation, with the administrator (me) able to set the required deposit depending on what the price range is for the reservation, i e, a percentage of the purchase price of the total order. This option is not absolutely necessary but it would be a very nice feature. I need a service fee for cancellations, with variable cancellation fees settable by me, which depend on both the closeness of the reserved date to the cancellation and the amount of the sale, independently. The cancellation would be automatic, so that if a customer cancels a reservation, they are auto refunded on their CC either their deposit or paid in full price, minus a pre cancellation fee which is variable, with the ability to set that cancellation fee depending on the total sale price. Is this do able by a newbie with lots of gumption and the right books, snippets? I already have Wellings PHP and MySQL web Development and Professional PHP 4 Wrox. I read on another forum that there is a book written for Dreamweaver MX and a sample project is a hotel reservation system in PHP, but I use Go Live 6 and don't want to waste the money on that one. Thanks. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP Project for a newbie (me) or for hire?
you should check out www.x-cart.com its sweet. another is www.oscommerce.com if you need something for reference, www.php.net -- Chris Edwards Web Application Developer Outer Banks Internet, Inc. 252-441-6698 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.OuterBanksInternet.com - Original Message - From: Dan Sabo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 3:16 PM Subject: [PHP] PHP Project for a newbie (me) or for hire? Hi, I have a huge potential project and I'm fairly new to PHP. I've been managing shopping carts for years for people, Miva Merchant, doing sites, etc., but would like to try my hand at a custom PHP cart if possible. I Was wondering if for the project requirements below ... a.) Any PHP ready made scripts already exist for the something similar to the below requirements, for sale or free, that I could modify, customize, etc. Something with a GUI admin page like PHPbb would be great. Or b.) If any PHP coders reading this might be interested in quoting this job, or c.) Can anyone point me towards any books, sites, etc that would have a how to, or sample scripts, snippets of code, etc geared towards the below project that I myself could use to do this project myself? What I'm looking for is a hotel reservation system, just for a small bed and breakfast, six rooms. It would enable a potential hotel guest to rent a room on either one or a consecutive block of dates. Using a click able calendar tied to the payment system. Once the renter is ready to pay via credit card, the code would generate a price and then go into a simple shopping cart where the customer can enter in his billing info and pay by credit card. Maybe the same customer could rent more than one room with the same date ranges, or on the same order rent different rooms for different dates, and date ranges, etc., with discounts available for quantity purchases of either rooms, or extended date ranges, or both. Also with the ability (for me) to set discounts differently (in the code) depending on if a customer rents more than one room, or more than one day, and extra discounts for renting multiple rooms only, multiple days only, and also additional discounts for renting both multiple rooms and multiple days, like for a convention. With ability to set my own discounts in various ways, i e depending on length of stay, number of rooms rented, number of days, etc etc, etc. I'd like it so that a customer could place a deposit on a room or group of rooms for the reservation, with the administrator (me) able to set the required deposit depending on what the price range is for the reservation, i e, a percentage of the purchase price of the total order. This option is not absolutely necessary but it would be a very nice feature. I need a service fee for cancellations, with variable cancellation fees settable by me, which depend on both the closeness of the reserved date to the cancellation and the amount of the sale, independently. The cancellation would be automatic, so that if a customer cancels a reservation, they are auto refunded on their CC either their deposit or paid in full price, minus a pre cancellation fee which is variable, with the ability to set that cancellation fee depending on the total sale price. Is this do able by a newbie with lots of gumption and the right books, snippets? I already have Wellings PHP and MySQL web Development and Professional PHP 4 Wrox. I read on another forum that there is a book written for Dreamweaver MX and a sample project is a hotel reservation system in PHP, but I use Go Live 6 and don't want to waste the money on that one. Thanks. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
