Tips to build a technology from scratch in PHP

My question to you guys is:
Can you name technologies (New or THAT MY UNIVERSITY HAS NEVER HEARD OF) that I can start to build from scratch to integrate with my Zen-Cart?
I am doing my final year project. The project I got was building a e-commerce website.
The problem is: The tutor said I would not get good marks if I don't build the e-commerce website from scratch. But the problem is I am not experienced with PHP, so I cannot build an eCommerce website from scratch in a 1 1/2 to 2…
Tips to build a technology from scratch in PHP

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