PHP eCommerce & Shopping Cart Scripts

PHP eCommerce & Shopping Carts Scripts

Starting an online store doesn’t have to mean months of custom development. These PHP e-commerce scripts give you a working storefront out of the box—products, categories, images and variants—plus carts, checkout and order management wrapped in a clean admin panel. Most projects are built for PHP 7.4/8.x with MySQL/MariaDB and a familiar MVC structure, so you can read the code, extend it safely and go live on standard hosting.

The essentials are already covered: customer accounts and guest checkout, discount codes and coupons, tax/VAT rules, shipping zones and rates, and payment gateway integrations (commonly Stripe and PayPal). Themes are responsive and SEO-ready with semantic URLs and sitemaps; many include multilingual and multi-currency options. You focus on your catalog and merchandising; the template handles the plumbing—receipts, emails, invoices and basic analytics.

What you typically get

• Product catalog with variants, inventory, categories/tags and media galleries
• Cart & checkout flow with taxes/VAT, shipping, coupons and order notes
• Admin panel for products, customers, orders, refunds and content pages
• Gateway hooks (Stripe/PayPal), webhooks, email templates and export/import tools
• Clean architecture with Composer dependencies and environment-based config (.env)

How to choose the right script

• Framework & versions: Confirm PHP 7.4/8.x support, Laravel/CodeIgniter/Symfony versions, and DB engine.
• Catalog fit: Variants, attributes, options, bundles, digital downloads or subscriptions as needed.
• Payments & shipping: Gateways you use, tax/VAT logic, zones, real-time rates if required.
• Performance & SEO: Caching (OPcache/Redis), pagination, schema-friendly markup and clean URLs.
• Security & maintenance: CSRF, prepared statements/ORM, password hashing, changelog and update cadence.

Launch checklist

• Set environment variables, run migrations/seeders and create admin accounts.
• Configure currencies, taxes, shipping zones and payment gateways; test refunds and webhooks.
• Upload products (CSV/importer), compress images and verify structured data.
• Enable HTTPS, security headers and backups; measure key pages on mobile.
• Stage first orders end-to-end before switching DNS.

Related categories to round out your stack

Pair your store with payment & billing, secure login & authentication, forms & builders, affiliate programs, analytics/reporting, site search, file management, and even marketplace builds via PHP marketplace scripts.