bigBigGeek.com dynamic paypal tutorial

PHP/MySql with PayPal By Neill D. Tyler 2003 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. This tutorial is meant to show how GoLive users can integrate their PHP/MySql dynamic data with PayPal to create a simple online store with some advanced pricing features. This tutorial assumes that you are already familiar with using dynamic content in GoLive and aren't too terrified with working with source code. You will also need a PayPal account. Ok, lets get started. Rather than reinvent the wheel we'll start out with an existing database and table. Here is the database design: CREATE TABLE `items` ( `id` INT( 1 ) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY , `item` VARCHAR( 50 ) , `desc` VARCHAR( 255 ) , `imageurl` VARCHAR( 50 ) , `imagedesc` VARCHAR( 255 ) , `price` VARCHAR( 15 ) , FULLTEXT ( `item` , `desc` , `imageurl` , `imagedesc` , `price` ) ); I've already defined my data source within my site settings and added a new page to my site. Make the Page Dynamic Before we can add our content source object we need to make the page dynamic. Since this is a PHP tutorial we're gonna go with PHP. Add a Content Source Next we need to add a content source. From the dynamic content palette select the content source object and drag it to the page. The content source object will show up in the heading. Double-click to activate it in the inspector. Fill in the appropriate information for your content source. When you setup a content ...