Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL E-Commerce is the first book to show readers how to create a complete e-commerce driven website using two of the most popular open source technologies available today, the PHP scripting language and the PostgreSQL database server. With PHP popularity stronger than ever in light of last year's version 5 release, and PostgreSQL seeing a significant resurgence in interest throughout 2005 due to software enhancements and considerable capital injections through companies such as Pervasive, Greenplum, and EnterpriseDB, it's apparent that the integration of these two technologies will continue to grow, even in light of the already impressive long-standing capabilities available with used in conjunction with one another. Where most books offer only glancing and non-specific references to e-commerce development, Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL E-Commerce assumes nothing of the reader and by its conclusion has guided him through all of the steps necessary to build a product catalog and working shopping cart, and integrate the site with the third-party banking services necessary to perform credit card transactions. The authors conclude by showing readers how to expand their product offerings and revenue streams by using Web services to integrate with other e-commerce sites such as Amazon.com and eBay.

《开始PHP和PostgreSQL电子商务》是第一本向读者展示如何使用当今最流行的两种开源技术PHP脚本语言和PostgreSQL数据库服务器创建一个完整的电子商务驱动网站的书。从去年发布的第5版来看，PHP的受欢迎程度比以往任何时候都要高，而PostgreSQL在整个2005年由于软件增强和通过Pervasive、Greenplum和EnterpriseDB等公司大量注资而重新受到关注，很明显，这两种技术的集成将继续增长，即使是考虑到现有的令人印象深刻的长期能力，它们可以相互结合使用。大多数书籍对电子商务的发展只提供了粗略的和非特定的参考，从PHP和PostgreSQL开始，电子商务并不以读者为中心，其结论引导读者完成了构建产品目录和工作购物车所需的所有步骤，并将网站与执行信用卡交易所需的第三方银行服务集成。作者最后向读者展示了如何通过使用Web服务与其他电子商务网站（如Amazon.com和eBay）进行集成来扩展产品供应和收入流。