PHP CMS and E-commerce

Wordpress is an open-source content management system. It is written in PHP paired with various database management languages like MySQL, SQLite and many more. Wordpress was developed by American developer Matt Mullenweg and English developer Mike Little in the year 2003. WordPress developed as a blog-publishing system but with time it developed web content including forums, media galleries, membership sites, and many more. Wordpress is installed on web servers for its functioning. Wordpress includes a plugin architecture and a template system. Wordpress has become today's factory for webpages by storing various content and allowing users to create and publish their web pages.

One of the most popular e-commerce systems is Magento. Magento is an open-source written with the help of the Zend Framework of PHP. The Magento was first released on March 31, 2008. Magento provides forms the base of online stores nowadays. Magento provides a flexible shopping cart system for an online merchant. Magento also maintains the content and functionality of online stores. Relational database management systems like MySQL or MariaDB along with PHP together form the base of Magento. Magento is object-oriented programming designed on the model–view–controller architecture. It offers powerful marketing, search engine optimization, and catalog-management tools and this has attracted developers for building e-commerce websites.

With the popularization of online shopping, online stores get a very important place. OsCommerce is an e-commerce software that provides excellent online store management. Developers use OsCommerce on a web server with PHP and MySQL at the back end.

At present, there are two versions

• Versions 2.3
• Version 3.0

Version 2.3 has attained stability whereas Version 3.0 is still in the development stage. CE Phoenix is the official edition of Oscommerce and is also noted as the latest version of the same. Solomon Community Version is another popular version of OsCommerce. OsCommerce forms the tools for developers to set up a completely self-hosted online store and website.

OpenCart is one of the most popular online store management systems. Opencart uses 3 stacks for store development. They are-

• PHP as the scripting language.
• MySQL as the database management system
• HTML

OpenCart was developed by Christopher G. Mann for Walnut Creek CDROM in the year 1998. It provides a professional and reliable foundation for a successful online store. Due to the user-friendly interface of the online store, online merchants prefer OpenCart. Thus, web developers get attracted to it thereby making it popular. The extensive features of OpenCart allow full customization of the online store. Thus OpenCart has made a good place in the present market.

PrestaShop is a premium open-source fully scalable e-commerce solution that has gained popularity in recent times. PrestaShop has PHP as the scripting language and is managed by MySQL as the database management system. It is reported that 300,000 shops are using PrestaShop in 60 different languages. It is one of the best e-commerce solutions to start an online business and start online selling. PrestaShop manages products, orders, and customer relationships, and also tracks the sales statistics of its online sellers. PrestaShop presents the facility of a fully customized online store designing facility that appeals to many online merchants and draws users from all over the world.

Silverstripe CMS a Content Management System. It is is a free and open-source with a Framework that aids in the creation and maintenance of websites and web applications. Silverstripe is popular for research and strategic guidance. Silverstripe provides the visual design of its user's project. Silverstripe is a favorite among innovative web developers. Silverstripe works with EPA to create an easily navigable website with the most modern appearance. Drag-and-drop tree-based navigation structure, which Sliverstripe provides has given an exclusive platform of popularity. The backend of Silverstripe is managed by the PHP Web application framework. The out-of-the-box unique templates have attracted millions of Developers.

Joomla is a Content Management System that is used for publishing web content. It provides mobile-ready as well as a user-friendly way of web development. Joomla stands on the model–view–controller web application framework aiding the development of highly powerful applications. From corporate websites or portals, intranets, and extranets to personal or family homepages- Jhoomla forms the trust for millions of websites. Other than core packages for basic website development Joomla allows the development of sophisticated add-ons to build the website of choice. With Joomla, a developer has no limits on how sophisticated his website can be. Innovative developers flock to Joomla to enhance their creativity.

Drupal is one of the best platforms for web content management and is highly popular for web development among global enterprises, governments, higher education institutions, and many more. Drupal can publish every single web site and share content in various languages across many devices across the world. Drupal provides a very powerful digital solution that is used to transform content management and give a new dimension. It is an open-source framework with PHP in its back-end. The Drupal community is made of more than 1.39 million members, with 117,000 users actively contributing to the development. This has resulted in more than 44,000 free modules. Thus Drupal is a treasure for innovative web developers.

Shopify is a Canadian multinational e-commerce company that promotes selling in any social networking or to people. Shopify is noted for its speed, responsiveness as well as reliability. Shopify provides online retailers with a range of services like payments, marketing, shipping, and customer engagement tools. This simplifies the running of online stores by the merchants. Shopify is used by more than 1,000,000 businesses, spread over approximately 175 countries using its platform. Shopify provides attractive and customizable themes attracts sellers all over the world. The simple user interface provides a single dashboard to manage every order, shipping, and payments. The exclusive features of Shopify have attracted sellers worldwide and will undoubtedly continue to do so.