Dynamic site using Paypal

Can anyone recommend a tutorial which will help me set up a dynamic site using Paypal?
I have some - although not a lot - of experience with php and mySql, and have set up simple sites using Paypal buttons - I really want to learn to combine the two. I'm having trouble finding anything I can understand on the Paypal site, and googling it brings up such a lot of (mostly out of date) tutorials I don't know where to start.
Thanks,

BCDoherty wrote -
All the PayPal button does is to take the data that's already on the
page for that item and send it to be processed, in this case by PayPal.
There is no magic here and no extra DB on that end of things.
On a database driven site where everything is generated dynamically for the page, you cannot use a generic code as items such as - product name, price and product code will be different for every item, this means storing that info in the database.
However, one does need a DB set up to handle the customer data - name,
address, etc. BUT NOT credit card info, as well as the details of the
order itself. Also, a single order may consist of a number of items.
Not required, all this is handled by paypal, and one can set-up a shopping cart if required using paypal, (especially useful for beginners). Storing such things as name and address also requires the site to comply with data protection legislation, (I know most do not, but that is no excuse).
PZ

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