Credit Card Via Phone?

[Fastcar]

A lot of my customers like to pay directly over the phone with me (as it is sometimes easier/more comfortable for them). I would like to know if there is a payment module that allows the customer to checkout through my site, but pay via the phone?

[kuroi]

You could change the wording on the "check" payment module. This would create a pending transaction awaiting your confirmation.

[swguy]

... or perhaps the Invoice module, if you wished to restrict this ability to only certain customers.

Good luck,
Scott

[Fastcar]

You could change the wording on the "check" payment module. This would create a pending transaction awaiting your confirmation.

Sounds like something that could work, however, I'd also like to keep the 'check' payment module active too. Are there any guides or howto's on how I could go about cloning a module?

[Ajeh]

Cloning can be done in many ways on the shipping and payment modules ...

The easiest method is to take the name, such as: moneyorder

And make a new name such as:
moneyorderbyphone
byphone
fred

and copy the files:
/includes/modules/payment/moneyorder.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/payment/moneyorder.php

and copy to the new name such as:
/includes/modules/payment/moneyorderbyphone.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/payment/moneyorderbyphone.php

Then edit the new files and replace all moneyorder with moneyorderbyphone and MONEYORDER with MONEYORDERBYPHONE ...

Then you can customize the language file to read as you would like to see it ...

bing bang boom ... and you have cloned a payment module ...

[countrycupboard]

I did this and it worked great!! I did end up with a small vestige error showing up on the checkout page when a customer has selected the "Credit Card by Telephone" option. I have no idea where the number comes from. Here is zen/includes/language/english/functions/phoneorder.php file:

<?php
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// $Id: moneyorder.php 1969 2005-09-13 06:57:21Z drbyte $
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define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PHONEORDER_TEXT_TITLE', 'Credit Card by Telephone');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PHONEORDER_TEXT_DESCRIPTION', 'You may telephone me with your credit card information:<br />' . MODULE_PAYMENT_PHONEORDER_PAYTO . '<br /><br /> <br />' . nl2br(919-217-8060) . '<br /><br />' . 'Order usually ships within one to two business days.');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PHONEORDER_TEXT_EMAIL_FOOTER', "Telephone your information to:" . "\n\n" . MODULE_PAYMENT_PHONEORDER_PAYTO . "\n\nTelephone your information to:\n" . 919-217-8060 . "\n\n" . 'Order usually ships within one to two business days.');
?>

and here is the result: (vestige number circled in red)

[countrycupboard]

Sorry about the lost attachment.

[eapRandy]

You're missing some quotes around the last phone number in the last define. Therefore the numbers are being treated as a subtraction problem.

Slap some quotes around it so the phone number is treated literally and your negative number should go bye-bye.

[countrycupboard]

terrific! sometimes the obvious is beyond me! many thanks!