osC and Expression Engine integration.

[Guest]

Hi,

 

I'm implementing an osCommerce store into an existing Expression Engine installation. (EE is a CMS from pMachine, pmachine.com)

 

I've seen a site that does manage to use the same user tables in EE and osC and I was wondering if any of you could get me pointed in the right direction. I'd like to have users log in one time, either on the store or the CMS and not have to log in when visiting the other portions of the site, so it seems like one big unit instead of seperate pieces.

 

I would appreciate any assistance I can get on this issue.

[♥akmac]

I'm interested in integrating the two as well. Would you mind pming me the url of the site that has done this?

[♥Vger]

When you want to integrate a CMS system or Bulletin Board you usually have the option when installing it of using a prefix for database tables, which allows you to use the same database for both without them getting mixed up. Then there's usually an add-on that allows users logged into one part of the site to be logged in to the other. This exists for integrating the Simple Machines Forum with Mambo. You'd need to look for this add-on on the site you mentioned, as I doubt it's available here.

 

Vger

[♥akmac]

Thanks Vger,

 

EE installs with prefixes automatically. However, no "plug in" currently exists for sharing logged in customers. Am I wrong in assuming that all that would need to be done would be to have oscommerce use the EE customers table or vice versa?

 

Probably....

[cannuck1964]

Not exactly, there is the SID issue and cookie issue to deal with as this is what keeps the person logged into the cart/site. You would need to deal with this issue as well as make sure that the info in the tables was compatable with each other...

 

cheers,

Peter M.