Can I send extra emails based on payment method?

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DrByte if you're there...

I've tried to use your auto loader/observer code to generate a 2nd email to a customer after an order is placed. This email would be generated based on the payment type. Here's the thread I've reviewed:

http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...l-Custom-Email

Do you have any suggestions how to tweak it to get what I'm hoping for? Thank you!

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Wait!! It worked! There was a significant lag - about 15 minutes, but it worked! I noticed that when I was working with the auto-loader/observer setup it was instantaneous. Also, I am still getting double emails on the order confirmation to admin. But at least it worked! Thank you so much again. I'll try to tweak this a bit more and update with the best fit. Thank you.

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Ahhhh, I'm back. I ran a few more test orders and the lag is just not going to work. Sometimes the email was sent right away, others about 10-15 minutes after the order was placed and another that took over an hour. I don't know what determines this but from trial and error I am finding that the option of running an auto loader/observer command is smoother. Can anyone take a look at this thread:
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...l-Custom-Email

I'm trying to understand how I would be able to include details from the order such as customer name, customer order number and order total. Thank you.

[DrByte]

Ajeh's instructions are correct.

And as for the lag, you need to understand that the emails are sent RIGHT AWAY. The lag is NOT from Zen Cart. The lag is completely external, and is probably a one-time quirk and not an indicator of regular response.

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Dr.Byte! Thank you for your input. Yes I assume that the lag was external as it was hit and miss. However after doing many, many mock orders, 107 to be precise I do find that the auto loader/observer has a consistent response each time. I also like that these files are outside of the zen-cart files so that it makes for easy upgrading in the future.

Also, my admin is getting duplicate order emails for the additional email command, no biggie but if it can be avoided that would be best.

Is there a way that this can be made to reflect the order details such as customer name, order number and order total? Can it also be scripted so that it will only be run when a particular payment module is used at checkout?

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Oh one more thing. If I just stick with the modified code to the order.php file under classes, I'm stick stuck trying to figure out how to incorporate the order details into that additional email, such as customer name, order number and order total.

If I can get this going I can deal with the lag time and the duplicate admin emails. I haven't been able to figure that part out though. Thank you again.

[joyjoy]

Hi are there any zen-cart programmers willing to address this? I am more than willing to make a donation towards the development of zen-cart as I think this would be more beneficial than using a third party developer. Thank you.

[Ajeh]

Could you perhaps give an example of what you want the 2nd email to the customer to look like and for what payment module it is?

What subject?

What text in the email, including whatever from the order you want to see in it?

Search your order.php for:
zen_email

What lines come up and what do they read?

Do you have Notifiers sending emails out associated with the order.php class?

[joyjoy]

Ahhh, I wrote a long reply and then it didn't post. Here it goes again.

Currently, my order.php file is the default file. I could not get the additional email to work the way I needed so I reverted back. Using the order.php method I was experiencing inconsistencies in the delivery time of the additional email. Some were instantly, others a few minutes later and even more with a bigger delay of over an hour. I did over 100 mock orders to test this out and repeatedly had conflicting results. I was also getting duplicates of the admin order confirmation with each message being sent. I would get the admin confirmation with the regular customer confirmation then I would receive it again once the additional email was sent. However with the observer method it was instantanous each time without any trouble.

Here is the thread with the auto load/observer method that was provided by DrByte:
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...l-Custom-Email

Using this method I was able to acheive the additional email that was delivered instantly along with the customer order confirmation. However, i don't know how to incorporate the order details into the email. Here's what I would like the message to say:

Dear $customer_name,

Thank you so much for placing an order with us. Please submit your payment of $order_total for order number $order_number. You may use the following details to complete your Money Gram Money Transfer...

Thank you again so much. I didn't think this would be this difficult.

[Ajeh]

You link does not work ...

Can you try to post it again?