ABSTRACT

An online book store is an e-commerce website for selling books online. The project  “design and
implementation of an online book store using c++” aims at providing a platform that allows a customer
to search and purchase a book online or read a book online based on the author name and subject. It
provides the user with a catalog of different books available for purchase in the store categorized under
the departments of Biochemistry, Engineering, Medicine, Mathematics, Pharmacy and Computer science
and many more. Through a web browser a customer can search for a book by its title or author, add to
the shopping cart and finally purchase using credit card transaction or other card transactions like
Master card, Visa card or Verve cards.
The system is implemented using a backend database, and a web browser as the front end to the client.
Making use of the following tools: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) programming language, XAMPP,
Apache, MySQL database management system and PHP CURL, a user friendly, flexible and reliable
website for onlinebook sales was developed.