Auctions have become extremely popular on the Web, and for good reason. Auction sites allow sellers to connect with a huge number of potential buyers. Building an auction site in PHP can speed your development-to-deployment cycle, but it does require knowledge of PHP as well as relational databases. Knowledge of OOP (object oriented programming) and patterns such as the MVC pattern (model-view-controller) will be of benefit too. In addition, familiarity with HTML, CSS and JavaScript will allow you to shape the look and feel of your site. To concentrate on the specifics of an auction site, we’ll assume that your software is installed and configured so that you’re ready to develop your site.
