beginner help

[desmond_ckl]

Hi there,
I'm new to PHP about 5month (previously i don't have any programming background), i study the basic PHP through online.
i found a tutorial from : http://www.phpwebcommerce.com/ , and there is some error in this tutorial + i need customize this tutorial for my site. I'm here to ask , is the tutorial suitable beginner like me ? is the tutorial consider for advanced used ?
i able to solve some error in this tutorial but it take too long. Can give a solution ? should i give up this tutorial on my site ? or just continue find solution ? but i'm already spent almost 2month in this tutorial. so far, i left shipping cost cant find solution...(but i have try do it for 2weeks)
Thank you.

[traq]

Tutorials are for learning, and not so much for quick customizing for live use on your own site. As for the intended skill level of this tutorial:

http://www.phpwebcommerce.com/php-mysql-shopping-cart-tutorial.php wrote:

I have to assume that you already know about PHP and MySQL so i won't explain every code in detail.

If you want to learn about doing this sort of thing, by all means, continue.

On the other hand, if you're at the point where you're frustrated with "trying to get it to work" and you just want it ready for your site, I'd say it's time to hire a programmer to do it for you.

[dagon]

if you need to create a 'real' shopping cart then use one of the open source ones, there are to many issues with such an application; its a dangerous place to start for a beginner.