Free PHP shopping cart script — Shop-Script FREE

Shop-Script FREE provides much less features than WebAsyst Shop-Script, that is why it's source code is much more easy to explore. This is a great opportunity for PHP beginners to learn how online stores are built!

We encourage all beginner developers to visit our PHP shopping cart tutorial website dedicated to Shop-Script FREE script.

Demo storefront

Shop-Script FREE — simple and free PHP shopping cart script. Shop-Script FREE provides basic shopping cart functionality and allows to create a nice looking simple shopping cart add-on for your website. Or to learn how shopping cart systems are designed.

Shop-Script FREE was developed by our company in 2004. Since that time script was downloaded many hundreds thousands times and chosen by a lot of merchants worldwide. Shop-Script FREE is not a light version of WebAsyst Shop-Script and not its demo — it is a fully independent simple shopping cart script.

Download Shop-Script FREE

Installation wizard for Windows (exe) — 1.1 MB
Windows application that will help you installing script to your local computer or remote web server (application has builtin FTP client).

PHP scripts only (zip) — 540 KB
Entire archive with Shop-Script FREE source files.

Shop-Script FREE User Guide (pdf) — 870 KB
Installation instructions and basic feature description.

Shop-Script FREE is written in PHP with the use of MySQL. Works on PHP 4 and PHP 5. General features:

Fully open source code (PHP)
MySQL database driven
Very fast
Uses Smarty template engine
Design is separate from PHP scripts and is pretty easy to customize
Works exactly the same in all major browsers — Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Multilingual interface «wrapper» — all interface elements which are not stored in the database can be easily translated into any language
Unlimited number of products
Hierarchical product category tree (unlimited category nesting)
Basic product description tools — upload product image, edit description in HTML (WYSIWYG editor is not included), price, customer rating
Structured presentation of products in storefront effectively indexed by search engines
Product search by name
Shopping cart (session based)
Simplest one-step checkout
Orders are stored in the database
Order notifications by email

We do not provide technical support for Shop-Script FREE

You may post your questions and discuss Shop-Script in our community forum in a dedicated section, but email technical support is not provided for Shop-Script FREE script. Shop-Script FREE is for self installation, usage and learning.

If you want to establish your very own online store, it is much easier to use WebAsyst Shop-Script hosted services — sign up is free. No hosting and scripting are required — you get your online store instantly.

Shop-Script FREE License Agreement

This license agreement (hereinafter Agreement) is an agreement between you and WebAsyst LLC (hereinafter Author). The Agreement applies to all versions and modifications of Shop-Script FREE software.

1. Shop-Script FREE software (hereinafter Software) is a set of source code files (PHP scripts and associated materials like SQL scripts, reference manual and the text of this Agreement) designed to implement an online shopping cart system and reproduced either in files or on paper including soft and/or hard copies.

2. By using the Software you acknowledge that you have read this Agreement, and that you agree to the content of the Agreement and its terms, and agree to use the Software in compliance with this Agreement.

3. The Agreement comes into legal force at the moment when you download this Software or receive it through email or on data medium at the Author’s discretion.

4. The Author is a copyright holder of the Software. The Software or a portion of it is a copyrightable matter and is liable to protection by the law of the State of Virginia. Any activity that infringes terms of this Agreement violates copyright law and will be prosecuted according to the current law.

5. The Software is provided "AS IS" without warranties as to performance, merchantability, data integrity, and warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. The Author is not liable for any damage or possible damage caused to you, your information and your business arising out of the use or inability to use this Software.

6. Any distribution of the Software without preliminary Author’s consent, including noncommercial distribution is regarded as violation of this Agreement and entails liability, according to the current law.

7. You have the right to make any changes into the initial code of the Software at your discretion. On condition that further on the Software is used in compliance to this Agreement and on condition of copyright reservation. The Author is not liable for performance of this Software if you make any changes.

8. You have to keep a link (a banner with alt="Shopping cart software" or a text link "Shopping cart software") to www.shop-script.com website from all pages of your ecommerce system powered by the Software.

9. The Author is not liable to you for prosecution arising from use of the Software against law (including, but not limited, selling prohibited products or products acquired as a result of criminal activity exasperating interracial or international antagonism through the online shop; and etc.).

10. The Agreement may be terminated in case you delete all received files, documents and their copies. Termination of this Agreement does not bind the Author over to return you the funds spent for purchase of the Software.