Validate registration based on postal code?

[sandragrills]

Hi There,

Sorry if this is somewhere else, but I have been searching and unable to find an answer.

Is there a way to validate registration based on postal code? I know you can set up zones, but they are really large areas and my company does delivery within a very local area. We don't sell anywhere else and I would rather restrict registration based on a set number of postal code.

thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Cheers
Sandra

www.glutenfreegeneralstore.ca

[Nkin]

Hello,

I am also looking for something like this. Is there a answer?

[lat9]

You can edit/create /includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/create_account.php to implement this functionality. Look for the following code fragment:

  if (strlen($postcode) < ENTRY_POSTCODE_MIN_LENGTH) {
    $error = true;
    $messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_POST_CODE_ERROR);
  }

and change it to:

  if (strlen($postcode) < ENTRY_POSTCODE_MIN_LENGTH) {
    $error = true;
    $messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_POST_CODE_ERROR);
  } else {
    if (!defined(ENTRY_POST_CODE_NO_DELIVER)) {
      define('ENTRY_POST_CODE_NO_DELIVER', "Sorry, we are not accepting accounts in your zip-code at this time.");
    }
    if (!defined(ENTRY_POSTCODE_LIST)) {
      define('ENTRY_POSTCODE_LIST', 'comma-separated list of zip-codes, no spaces');
    }
    if (!in_array($postcode,explode(',', ENTRY_POSTCODE_LIST))) {
      $error = true;
      $messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_POST_CODE_NO_DELIVER);
    }
  }

Just set the ENTRY_POSTCODE_LIST variable to contain the list of zip-codes that your store supports ... and make sure that you make it clear to potential customers that you only support accounts for customers in those zip-codes!