db_cart document root

Hi,
I noticed another post detailing how much of the document root is required in pages...cart_example.php etc? If I addd the whole path, it still says it can't locate the related files. In db_config.php I have specified...

define("CART_CLASS_PATH", "/classes/db_cart/");

should it follow that the code below is OK?

require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/classes/db_cart/db_config.php");

many thanks

what is the value for "CART_CLASS_PATH"?

Hi, sorry for the delay, the value is set in db_config.php as

define("CART_CLASS_PATH", "/classes/db_cart/");

and your map "classes" is in the root of your hosting account? (the place where you main page is placed)

Hi, again, sorry for a delay here, your help is much appreciated, I'm online for a while now,

classes is a folder within htdocs and my index (main) page resides there as a single file (i.e. not within a folder)

if you use the same folder structure like me (root/classes/db_cart?

it should work, the pathes in the cofig file are used inside the email and on several pages for navigation

the trouble is I'm not sure what is 'root' on the server. The full path (I'm given) is \\nas33ent\domains\w\woodcymru.e-concepts.co.uk\user\htdocs\classes\db_cart\db_cart_example.php
how much do I use?

this is your document root:

\\nas33ent\domains\w\woodcymru.e-concepts.co.uk\user\htdocs\

or just echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

Yes, I thought so, but when I enter it I get the following error message

Warning: main(/classes/db_cart/db_config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in //nas33ent\domains\w\woodcymru.e-concepts.co.uk\user\htdocs\classes\db_cart\db_cart_class.php on line 22

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '/classes/db_cart/db_config.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in //nas33ent\domains\w\woodcymru.e-concepts.co.uk\user\htdocs\classes\db_cart\db_cart_class.php on line 22

apologies, tried again and it worked, I think perhaps my changes hadn't uploaded correctly before.

Many thanks to all

Sorry, one last question....I'm hoping to integrate paypal with db_cart and I know that Dreamweaver can generate my paypal button code, but I wondered if I should use paypal's IPN to inform my client of orders made or whether or not db_cart can be employed to track orders and stock alongside paypal?

Thanks in advance

the question is if you want to use paypal for the amount or all order rows (shopping cart)

it depends on your situation

I don't know..its the first e-commerce site I've built, my client has a paypal business account, so I began by trying to integrate this into my design, soon discovered that although I could easily take payments without a database, I was going to have to use one for products etc and to track orders. I looked around for a free cart and found db_cart and am now looking for the next step...as I said, for a solution that will inform both customer and client of purchase. If I have to start from scratch and hand-code, I will, just thought there must be some existing solution, but am confused as to the flow of the whole process and integrating the 2 systems.

I guess it depends on the number of products and if your products are dynamic.

using the IPN is important if after the payment you need to change somthing in your application

they have 3 categories and a total of about 30 products, not extensive

is there any tutorial you know of and would be good enough to point me to that outlines the work flow here?

never saw one, I think it's just experience to know which is the right solution ;)

OK, thanks all the same for your help!