Creating ecommerce website project using PHP Laravel framework

There are lots of ecommerce/shopping cart solutions available in the market . Some are available from WordPress' Woocommerce, Magento, Open Cart, Prestashop. They are ready made CMS or plugins. If we consider deep customisation as per client custom requirement, It could be a more tedious task to accomplish this. So, lots of companies choose PHP framework. The no.1 PHP framework in current Web Development in Laravel. Laravel provides robust application development with a fully secured way . Using PHP Laravel, we can easily customise anything . Company also chose Laravel for ecommerce because of its feature customizable. It is also better performance if we compare with any CMS . Today in this tutorial , i will cover in details of starting an ecommerce Laravel project/application from scratch. All Packages found on https://packagist.org (for core php, laravel ,symfony ,zend framework etc) Only Laravel packages found on https://packalyst.com/ For our tutorial we will be using this shopping cart package

1) Run below command to install this package

Open config/app.php and add this line to your Service Providers Array

then add this line to your Aliases in same file

2) Put 'add to cart ' form inside view files of product listing after 'Cost' i.e

resources/views/includes/product_loop.blade.php (for home page latest product) resources/views/products/product_details.blade.php

3) Also create cart.blade.php views file under resources/views/products and put below code

 @endsection 

4) Now create cart.blade.php inside resources/views/includes and put below

Note : you should have jquery file inside section in layout/master.blade.php ex:

5) Put below on routes/web.php file

6) Create a Controller ShopController.php then functions add_to_cart ,cart .

Now open the website and click on the 'add to cart' button to test . If you are looking to hire PHP Laravel Developer, freelancer in Delhi, Noida, India. Visit here .

Setup Checkout Page

On this tutorial series of Laravel ecommerce from scratch, we have already setup of basic ecommerce using cart package . Now here we will create checkout page .

1) Put below button in cart.blade.php found under resources\views\products

2) Put below in route file routes/web.php

3) Create a 'checkout' function in ShopController.php as shown below

also call below use Auth;

4) Create view file checkout.blade.php inside resources/views/products/

and put below code

PayPal payment gateway integration in Laravel

A payment gateway is a merchant service provided by an e-commerce application service provider that authorizes credit card or direct payments processing for e-businesses, online retailers etc.

Some payment gateway are

• ccavenue
• payu
• ebs
• Bank's payment gateway ( HDFC, ICICI )

To integrate paypal payment gateay in laravel follow below steps

Create Database table to hanlde orders.

We will create below 4 tables

Now create modal file for this table inside 'App' folder

Here model files

Order.php

OrderItem.php

OrderStatus.php

OrderStatusChange.php

Install laravel paypal package

We wil be using this package https://packagist.org/packages/srmklive/paypal Execute below command

# Add the service provider to your providers array in config/app.php file like:

# Add the alias to your aliases array in config/app.php file like:

# Run the following command to publish configuration:

after this command , it generates config/paypal.php Note: you need to get Paypal API credential to use here

• Login to your paypal account
• From top menu click on Tool-> Business Setup
• Then click 'Payment Setup'
• Click on the 1st option then 'continue'
• I have mentioned in the screenshot of this tutorials, follow this

Now put below inside your route file routes/web.php

Create PaypalController.php

Above controller contains payment process function and 2 other function to handle success and cancel payment

Now put below 3 functions inside your ShopController.php

Now create a view file 'order_placed.blade.php' inside 'resources/views/products' folder

it will display message after returning from payment gateway.

Put below inside this file

Now finally overwrite your checkout.blade.php file as shown below

Now test this functionality by clicking 'Place Order' button in checkout page

Note :
PayPal provide developer testing account for testing purpose . You can use this login details to test how payment processes in paypal website .

Steps to create paypal developer testing account

To create a PayPal Developer Testing Account, follow these steps:
Step 1: Sign Up for PayPal Developer Account

• 1. Go to (https://developer.paypal.com/).
• 2. Click Log in to Dashboard (If you don’t have an account, click Sign Up and create one).
• 3. Use your PayPal business account to log in or create a new one.

Step 2: Create a Sandbox Account

• 1. Once logged in, go to the Sandbox section in the left menu.
• 2. Click Accounts under Sandbox.
• 3. Click Create Account and choose the type of account: Business (Merchant Account) → For testing as a seller. Personal (Buyer Account) → For testing as a customer.
• 4. Fill in the required details and click Create.

Step 3: Get API Credentials for Testing

• Navigate to My Apps & Credentials from the left menu.
• In the Sandbox section, click Create App.
• Enter an app name and link it to your Sandbox Business Account.
• Click Create App, and you will see:
  • Client ID
  • Secret Key

5. Use these credentials to integrate PayPal into your test environment. Step 4: Test Transactions

• Use the sandbox buyer account to simulate purchases.
• Use the sandbox seller account to receive payments.
• View test transactions under Sandbox > Accounts > View Transactions.

Your PayPal Developer Testing Account is now ready!

can change paypal test and live mode inside config/paypal.php

Summary

In this tutorial, we covered the essential steps to create an E-commerce website project using PHP Laravel Framework . We started by setting up the Laravel environment and database, then moved on to authentication, product management, shopping cart functionality, and payment gateway integration. Additionally, we implemented an order management system and optimized the website for performance and security.

By following this guide, you have gained the foundational knowledge to build a fully functional e-commerce website with Laravel. You can further enhance the project by adding features such as advanced filtering, an admin dashboard, customer reviews, and order tracking.

Laravel provides a powerful and flexible framework for developing scalable e-commerce applications. Keep learning, experimenting, and refining your project to create a high-quality online store. We also provide laravel training ecommerce project based.