# Checkboxes? Shopping Carts? **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [July 26, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkboxes-shopping-carts/26807 "2003-07-26T15:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdrawkcaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@sdrawkcaB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sdrawkcaB)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkboxes-shopping-carts/26807/1 "2003-07-26T15:46:10Z")
How do you use checkboxes to make a shopping cart without using a program like Pay Pal or some other shopping cart type thing. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkboxes-shopping-carts/26807/2 "2003-07-26T19:09:49Z")
huh? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkboxes-shopping-carts/26807/3 "2003-07-26T20:12:26Z")
[www.sandboxautomatic.com](http://www.sandboxautomatic.com) you just check what you want, and you go to checkout. Haven’t looked much into it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkboxes-shopping-carts/26807/4 "2003-07-26T20:17:51Z")
> \*Originally posted by sdrawkcaB \* > \*\*How do you use checkboxes to make a shopping cart without using a program like Pay Pal or some other shopping cart type thing. \*\* that is a shopping cart, pretty much you need a database. each item will have a unique ID and a value for the price of each item. what happens is when the user selects and item, a server side code will retrieve the price, and send send vars to a checkout page. a common server side language that can be used is php with a mySQL database, or ASP with a MS Access database. not too hard if you know what your doing, but it’s definalty not easy. you could also make an html page an assign values to your item(checkboxes). then send the info to a serverside script tat will just add the items prices, and send a request by email or something, but that is not the correct way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkboxes-shopping-carts/26807/5 "2003-07-26T22:35:38Z")
Hmm… I don’t know anything besides HTML, so the easiest way would be the best. How about checkboxes by items, when they checkout, it emails me the price and their information and stuff? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkboxes-shopping-carts/26807/6 "2003-07-27T00:10:59Z")
that’s going to be a pain to update, why not do a search for free shopping carts ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkboxes-shopping-carts/26807/7 "2003-07-27T00:13:35Z")
If you only know HTML, i would suggest going with paypal. Once you learn how to use database, then you can make one your self. I will try to search for some good links for you=) [http://www.simplythebest.net/scripts/paypal\_script.html](http://www.simplythebest.net/scripts/paypal_script.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkboxes-shopping-carts/26807/8 "2003-07-27T07:53:58Z")
…I’ve emailed a site with shopping carts, so I’ll just go with that…