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Shopping Cart Feature

Shopping Cart Feature

Learn how to implement a basic shopping cart feature with Laravel.

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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.

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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

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 6. use App\Http\Controllers\CartController;

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 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: ...