Custom PHP/MySQL Database -- will it integrate?

[ripcurlksm]

I don't necessarily have "products" -- I have a simple PHP/MySQL car database that premium members pay to access with different levels:

Level 1 - Some people want to purchase one car company (ex: Lexus),
Level 2 - Some want a segment of car companies (ex: all North American car companies)
Level 3 - Some want full access (ex: all car companies)

Can I use Zen Cart to send a token to my PHP scripts after purchasing is complete to say this users is Level 1 or this user is Level 3, etc. and write it to the database?? I am a web developer and am great with PHP/MySQL, im just a noobie to ecommerce.

If anyone can give me insight on how to send communication back to my PHP script AFTER a payment has been processed and approved that would be great.

Regards,
Kevin

[DrByte]

Some ideas you might try:

You could hook into the order.php class and replace the following code with code that writes something to your other database:

/* START: ADD MY CUSTOM DETAILS
 * 1. calculate/prepare custom information to be added to this product entry in order-confirmation.
 * 2. Add that data to the $this->products_ordered_attributes variable, using this sort of format:
 *      $this->products_ordered_attributes .=  {INSERT CUSTOM INFORMATION HERE};
 */

    $this->products_ordered_attributes .= ''; // $custom_insertable_text;

/* END: ADD MY CUSTOM DETAILS */ 

Or you could hook either of these notifier points using the observer/notifier system:
NOTIFY_ORDER_DURING_CREATE_ADD_PRODUCTS
NOTIFY_CHECKOUT_PROCESS_AFTER_ORDER_CREATE_ADD_PRODUCTS