User Ticket Purchasing

[blis102]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for viewing this topic.

I am workiing on a project where my clients desire the ability for their clients to purchase tickets online and print them out after they have paid. Im planning on using the OsCommerce module as well as the FrontEndUser and Custom Content module to create the interface. However, since im sort of a noobie at CMS im not sure how i should go about this.

I want the user to register an account, choose the quantity of tickets they want, then pay. Once they pay, they will be able to print out the individual tickets, each with a unique code (or barcode: Im thinking of implimenting a barcode scanner to scan tickets for easier access). I want them to be able to log on at any time in the future to print them out again, if they loose them.

I would like to know how I should go about this and if someone provides excellent help, I may provide financial compensation for the help. All help is greatly appreciated and if you have any more question, please feel free to email me at blis102 at yahoo.com.

Thank you again and Long Live CMS

[Dr.CSS]

have you thought about how you would make sure they aren't just printing a bunch of tickets for friends?
sounds like you are on the right track...

[blis102]

Yes, I was thinking about using a barcode to scan for verification. Sound like a good idea? Any input would be great.

Thanks

[Dr.CSS]

barcode would be nice as it should be tied to a DB and help insure only one ticket is used...
searching google it seems like the person printing the ticket may need to have the 'font' or software installed to print them  ...
or you might be able to by some eCommerce printing software...
one company from google search...
http://idautomation.com/
what are they buying tickets for?

[calguy1000]

The gnu barcode project allows dynamic generation of barcodes..... it's not that hard, you just generate a unique string, and then generate a barcode (usually as a .ps file) to store and then print out.

You would need a) a payments mechanism of some sort, there isn't such a thing for cms YET.  b) A ticket generation thing.  I think that the generated tickets should be stored in the database for later retrieval by both the ticket processor, and the customer.  c) a ticket checking system of some sort.

The barcode generation thing wouldn't be that hard to do I don't think, though it would take some time.  certainly storing the generated information (the ticket ID, and the postscript itself) wouldn't be difficult.  I'd write this as two separeate modules.

Barcode scanners are another issue, and integrating that into a web browser.... hmmm, In the states, radio shack used to give away the perfect solution, it was a barcode scanner that plugged into the PS/2 port and acted kind of like a keyboard.  This would definately make things easier.

[cdstg]

I have a client that wants this excat setup as well eg barcoded tickets and payment gateway
I haven't started working on it yet but I m sure its do able I will see if I can come up with someparts of it

[cdstg]

Hi I found this
http://www.ashberg.de/php-barcode/download/#php-barcode
it only needs GD to work so should work with any php4.x and above
and was not hard to get going and will make and image of the barcode so could be emailed and also saved easily

http://demo.craig.co.nz/php-barcode/bar ... 3456789014

[blis102]

Thank you everyone for you help. Thank you for the tip about ashberg.de, I will be looking into that now. Thanks for the other ideas as well. Much appreciated