Dynamically testing products in a cart for it's delivery type.

[retched]

Does anyone know if there is a way to dynamically test each item in a shopping cart to see if it's a virtual item or not?

I'm currently using the cart's -> delivery_type method but the only problem I have with this is that when I test to see if a cart's contents is virtual or mixed, it works. But if I delete the item that is causing it register as virtual/mixed, the variable still returns that it's a mixed delivery type which is not the case.

Can anyone help?

[DrByte]

If it's reporting that it's mixed when you think they're really virtual, then that suggests that you've got your products configured incorrectly.

[retched]

If it's reporting that it's mixed when you think they're really virtual, then that suggests that you've got your products configured incorrectly.

That's what I originally thought but I checked and they're properly setup. I'll give an example:

A cart contains two items:

- One Virtual Delivery Item
- One Non-Virtual Delivery Item

Clearly this is a mixed cart. But if on the shopping cart page I delete either one, say I deleted the virtual delivery item:

- One Non-Virtual Delivery Item

The cart will still return that it's mixed delivery that is until I refresh the shopping cart page and then it updates to non-virtual.

[DrByte]

What do you mean by "refresh the shopping cart page"?
Deleting an item from the cart *does* cause a refresh of the page.

[retched]

It doesn't for me.

I would update the cart using the delete button for the item. The page would reload, then I would still see that the cart contents are mixed and not physical like it should.

I test it by looking at the $_SESSION['cart']->content_type variable. What I was asking for is there another way to test instead of testing this?

[DrByte]

What addons do you have installed?
What kinds of customizations have you made to the site?

[retched]

What addons do you have installed?
What kinds of customizations have you made to the site?

None that would directly interfere with the shopping cart itself. Every mod I made was to the admin but none to the way cookies are handled.

[DrByte]

cookies?

[retched]

cookies?

I thought that the $_SESSION['cart'] was stored in a session cookie?

[DrByte]

No. $_SESSION['cart'] is a session variable, stored in the session.

The only use of cookies in (uncustomized) Zen Cart is to store the session identifier so your browser can tell the server which session you're using.