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Web Development with MVC Architecture and E-commerce in Laravel

Shopping Cart Feature

Explore how to build a shopping cart feature in Laravel to manage product selection, update quantities, and enable seamless removal of items using AJAX for dynamic user interaction. Understand how to connect controllers, models, and routes to create an efficient e-commerce cart system.

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Introduction

The shopping cart feature is crucial for e-commerce, serving as a virtual basket to add, manage, and streamline the checkout process. Its integration ensures efficient product data management and enhances the overall user experience, making it a key component in creating a smooth and user-friendly online shopping platform.

Implementation of the shopping cart in Laravel

To set up a basic shopping cart system in Laravel, follow these steps:

In the code snippet below:

  • Lines 8–10: These routes are responsible for displaying the cart, adding products to the cart, and removing products from the cart.

 1. <?php

 2. use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

 3. 

 4. // routes/web.php

 5. 

 6. use App\Http\Controllers\CartController;

 7. 

 8. Route::get('/cart', [CartController::class, 'index'])->name('cart.index');

 9. Route::get('/cart/add-to-cart/{productId}', [CartController::class, 'addToCart'])->name('cart.addToCart');

10. Route::get('/cart/remove/{itemId}', [CartController::class, 'removeFromCart'])->name('cart.removeFromCart');

11. ?>
Routes for the cart

The routes above are connected with controller functions. In the code snippet below: ...