Number Sold Counter

[igendreau]

Anyone ever seen any kind of plugin that shows the quantity sold of an item? My client is confident he's going to sell a ton, and wants people to see how many he has sold. I figure I'll be fudging an odometer style java plugin, but just curious if there's anything else out there... Thanks!

[Ajeh]

You can use the function zen_products_lookup

Example from the product _info page you can use:
$chk_products_ordered = zen_products_lookup((int)$_GET['products_id'], 'products_ordered');

Then echo the $chk_products_ordered where you want to display it ...

This function can be adapted to anywhere ...

If you want to save time, you could put that in the display price function and add it on to the end of the return value and it would be added to anywhere the display price is shown with the function zen_get_products_display_price in the file:
/includes/functions/functions_prices.php

[jmp01]

Newbie here...
In your reply to the above Thread, you stated

Example from the product _info page you can use:
$chk_products_ordered = zen_products_lookup((int)$_GET['products_id'], 'products_ordered');

Then echo the $chk_products_ordered where you want to display it ...

I used the Developer's Toolkit to search for several of the items in your reply to no avail. Would you please clarify which files and their locations need to be edited?

Thanks.

[Ajeh]

If I run the code from the file:
tpl_product_info_display.php

$chk_products_ordered = zen_products_lookup((int)$_GET['products_id'], 'products_ordered');

I can add somewhere in that file:

<?php echo 'Number Sold: ' . $chk_products_ordered; ?>

You can also look in the file:
/includes/functions/functions_prices.php

and find where the display price for everywhere is built in the:
function zen_get_products_display_price

using the same idea, you can use the code:
$chk_products_ordered = zen_products_lookup((int)$products_id, 'products_ordered');

and add on the return values the:
'Number Sold: ' . $chk_products_ordered

Example:

    return $final_display_price . $free_tag . $call_tag;

could be:

    return $final_display_price . $free_tag . $call_tag . '<br />Number Sold: ' . $chk_products_ordered;

and now all prices will display with:
Number Sold: ##

[dbltoe]

There's also a new mod in submission for this. Haven't tried it yet. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=162191

[jmp01]

Thanks in large gobs for your help!
This is an incredible help forum. You inspire others to pay-it-forward.

Gracias...

[Ajeh]

I fixed a typo in the posts above ...

The use of:
(int)$_GET('products_id']

should of been:
(int)$_GET['products_id']