You will create your own Web application to store and use session variables in a simple e-Commerce store.
Specifically, you will create an e-Commerce application using PHP and HTML that allows a user to login to a website, select several products for purchase and then place an order for those items selected. The type of products and price you use for the store are up to you.
A successful submission includes an index.php that acts as start of navigation for your website. A well-executed e-Commerce application allows the user to navigate from page to page by clicking on links or buttons on the page; requiring the user to specifically load individual pages by name or refresh/reload pages to evince required capabilities will result in deduction of points. A robust website carries the information that it needs from one page to the next — for instance, a session timeout should time out the session on any page of the website; incomplete session timeout functionality will result in deduction of points.
The following guidelines should be used in your design and development:
1. The Login form should consist of fields for username, email address and password.
2. After login, a welcome message should appear providing a simple order form with at least 10 products of your choice. Be sure to include an image of the product and price.
3. Users can shop your store for up to 30 minutes before the session will expire.
4. Once all products are selected, the user should be able to checkout and pay for their purchases.
5. The payment page should display the username, email address and the products and total price of the purchases.
6. A “Purchase” button should be available to indicate the product was purchases and should generate a “Thank you” message of your choice.
7. On the Thank you message page, an option for logging out and essentially unsetting the stored sessions variables should be available and implemented.
8. Note all pages should have session timeout functionality.