Zen Cart is an
online store management system.
It is
PHP-based, using a
MySQL
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database and HTML components. Support is provided for numerous
languages
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and
currencies
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, and it is freely available under the
GNU General Public License
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.
History
Zen Cart is a software fork that branched from
osCommerce
OsCommerce (styled "osCommerce" - "open source Commerce") is an e-commerce software solution. It can be used on any web server that has PHP and MySQL installed. It is available as free software under the GNU General Public License.
History
OsCom ...
in 2003.
Beyond some aesthetic changes, the major differences between the two systems come from Zen Cart's architectural changes (for example, a template system) and additional included features in the core.
The release of the 1.3.x series further differentiated Zen Cart by moving the template system from its historic tables-based layout approach to one that is largely CSS-based.
Plugins
As support for Zen Cart dropped in recent years, many third party companies are creating Zencart plugins and modules
that can help users solve problems like installing reCAPTCHA v3
See also
*
Comparison of shopping cart software
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References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.zen-cart.com/
Free e-commerce software
Free software programmed in PHP
Content management systems
Software forks