Per Unit or Per Item Shipping Help?

[colortheworld]

Okay, look, here's the deal. I'm totally lost here, and I'm not sure what I am doing. So I'm going to break everything down one more time, and hopefully you (Ajeh) or somebody else can see what I'm trying to explain and guide me to light.

here is the website in question

www.mandbguns.com/zencart

Website currently has 3 categories:

1) Custom Rifles for Sale (6 products currently)
2) Guns for Sale (5 products currently)
3) General Sales (2 products currently)

Products all have a set price and shipping weight

Shipping Module is USPS

Enable USPS Shipping
True

Enter the USPS Web Tools User ID
****************

Which server to use
production

Handling Fee
50.00

Tax Class
Taxable Goods

Tax Basis
Shipping

Shipping Zone
--none--

Sort Order
1

All Packages are Machinable
False

USPS Options
--none--

Domestic Shipping Methods
PRIORITY

International Shipping Methods
--none--

Debug Mode
Off

In Shipping/Packaging I have the following:

Enter the Maximum Package Weight you will ship: 15

Package Tare Small to Medium - added percentage:weight: 0:0

Larger packages - added packaging percentage:weight: 10:0

I have no clue... I just went to go through 3 products, and got a shipping charge of just $62.50.

Now, I keep reading on USPS's site about a Rate Calculator, so I'm not sure if this is soemthing that needs to be turned on or not. Maybe that's the case? I don't know.

Again, I apologize for being so daft... this is the most confusing thing I've ever done on ZC. Any help is again, appreciated.

[kobra]

I have no clue... I just went to go through 3 products, and got a shipping charge of just $62.50.

Did you customize the file:
/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php

[colortheworld]

Did you customize the file:
/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php

I haven't done any customization to it, no. I do have the file open though. Giving it a look to see what I would need to customize.

[kobra]

I just went to go through 3 products, and got a shipping charge of just $62.50.

I haven't done any customization to it, no. I do have the file open though. Giving it a look to see what I would need to customize.

What did you expect??
Ajeh outlined in fair detail what must be added

[colortheworld]

Well here's where I think I'm hung up.

Ajeh was in-depth with discussing a "calculation", but I'm not sure if she meant adding it to the module, or the database.

global $cart;
$chk_guns = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('master_categories_id','2');
$chk_rifles = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('master_categories_id','3');
$extra_handling_fee = ($chk_guns * 50) + ($chk_rifles * 35);

I realize that's a generalized run of the code, but I don't see that in the usps.php file, so that's what is throwing me off.

[kobra]

Ajeh was in-depth with discussing a "calculation", but I'm not sure if she meant adding it to the module, or the database.

If you are using USPS shipping module, then you will want to customize the file:
/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php

I do not see the confusion??

[colortheworld]

I do not see the confusion??

I guess the confusion then is I'm not the best with php code. I don't see any place in the usps.php file where I would add a calculation. This might be something I may have to pay somebody to assist with, now that I see it.

[Ajeh]

In the USPS shipping module:
/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php

you will see around line 229 the line:

          $cost = preg_replace('/[^0-9.]/', '',  $cost);

Below that line add:

global $cart;
$chk_guns = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('master_categories_id','2');
$chk_rifles = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('master_categories_id','3');
$extra_handling_fee = ($chk_guns * 50) + ($chk_rifles * 35);

This is calculating how many Guns from categories_id 2 and Rifles from categories_id 3, using the master_categories_id of the Products and multiplying them by 50 for Guns and 35 for Rifles ...

This creates the:
$extra_handling_fee

which holds this amount ...

Now add the $extra_handling_fee to the final cost in the next section of code:

          $methods[] = array('id' => $type,
                             'title' => $title,
                             'cost' => ($cost * $shipping_num_boxes) + (MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_HANDLING_METHOD == 'Box' ? MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_HANDLING * $shipping_num_boxes : MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_HANDLING) + $extra_handling_fee  );

If you take out the 50.00 from the Handling Fee that you setup in the USPS shipping module, does this now add the correct additional cost?

[colortheworld]

Hmm... I cannot find that line of code near line 229 or anywhere (using ctrl+f for "find") and this is on includes/modules/shipping/usps.php

Could this be a difference in version?

[Ajeh]

What version of Zen Cart are you running?

If you look at the file:
/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php

what does the version id line read?