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Is there a way using javascript to detect if a cookie is set?
what I mean is;

is there property that identifies the cookie as being set or not set?

Can anyone help, if not with javascript then Jscript?

Thanks alot,

[This message has been edited by sideout (edited 02-13-2004).]

only using javascript? No, not possible.

javascript is a client side language (scripts run on the user's/browser's/surfer's local machine). for shopping cart systems you'd need to use a server side scripting language to put and take from database and interface the payment system among other things.

Thanks Jason,

Can you tell me where to get information on perl (what I need to use , [right?]) to make this happen.
I realize this is no small project and can be a long and painful journey but just how involved is it?

sideout

You actually asked two different questions. The first: is it possible to make a shopping cart using only JavaScript? Mabry gave you the answer to that.

The second question: Can you detect cokies from JavaScript? The answer to tha question is yes you can. Use document.cookie to access the cookie for a page from JavaScript.




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Is not the Doc's shop at http://www.cafeshops.com made in JavaScript?

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Holy crap Wakkos, where'd you come from... and put some bloody clothes on!

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Technically, you *could* make a shopping cart with javascript. But it would be *very* insecure and a complete maintence nightmare. Even then you'd eventually need some kind of "checkout" which would send the purchase request to a serverside script for logging and further processing by the sales people.

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ps. wakk, dis be dracusis incase you missed the change over.

If you want a shopping cart i would suggest php as language (if your server supports it) it is said easy to learn and there are a lot of examples and documents about php to be found.


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Not to mention plenty of open source PHP carts to start with.

I have successfully set up ZenCart in the past, and it is free and open source. I am a PHP beginner, and the installation was a snap for me. This was just in practice though, and I have never actually implemented it for use, but it is a starting point.

I am sure there are others out there with better recommendations.