flat rate shipping for three or more shippers

[bigbear]

ok I have three suppliers that i ship from each charges a flat rate of 3.50 regardless of size or quantity what I would like to do is if someone buys something from that shipper I want to add 3.50 to the shipping price only once per shipper dose anyone know a mod that will work, I'm not live yet and I am held up till I can figure this out. I know other carts that offer this but zen cart is the only one I have found with ease of use and prestashop would lock me out requiring a reinstall constantly I really need to find this solution or i will be unable to open my shop with out charging outrageous shipping prices or ocuring these costs my self. This is the first time i have done an online business or for that mater built a website, and I have been working on this now for a few months and would like to start seeing some kind of profit from it as money keeps going out and I need money to start comming in soon or I have to make this a wash please help. ASAP

[Ajeh]

Are you saying that you are using *some* shipping module and that if you could check if there was 1 or more Products from 1 or more of these 3 manufacturers you want to add $3.50 to the price?

Or, are you saying that you are using *some* shipping module and that if you could check how many Products * quantity * 3.50 from these 3 manufacturers you would then be adding $3.50 per quantity?

Or, are you saying something else?

Pretend I have no clue what your shop looks like nor what you think you want to do with your shipping ... so type very very slowly ...

[bigbear]

Ok I have three places that ship for me I want to check the buyers cart and add 3.50 for each place shipping the product so if all three places have item in the cart the cost will be 10.50 if only one of these places has an item in the cart it would only be 3.50 it has nothing to do with quantity.

Another way to look at it is I have three manufaturs (sorry I'm a bad speller) if someone buys something from any of the manufactures I want a one time adding of 3.50 for each manufacturer used regardless of price or quantity

Hope that helps

[Ajeh]

Let's say the three manufacturers are using manufacturers_id 1, 17 and 19 ...

global $cart;
$chk_manufacturer_1 = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('manufacturers_id','1');
$chk_manufacturer_17 = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('manufacturers_id','17');
$chk_manufacturer_19 = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('manufacturers_id','19');

$extra_charges = 0.00;
if ($chk_manufacturer_1 > 0) {
  $extra_charges += 3.50;
}
if ($chk_manufacturer_17 > 0) {
  $extra_charges += 3.50;
}
if ($chk_manufacturer_19 > 0) {
  $extra_charges += 3.50;
}

then just add the:
$extra_charges

to the cost in the function quote ...

[bigbear]

That's great thank but were do I add the code?

[Ajeh]

I do not know what shipping module you are using ...

But the code goes in the function quote portion and you add the extra charge to where you see the handling ...

[bigbear]

ok so i am using the already included flat rate mod

I figure i should install thing in the main php file located in the includes/modual/flatrate.php

next I am wondering how to figure out what the manufactures ID is as described above

Also would this be put in the main class there or do i need to add a new class to put the function in

lastly adding to the cost is that done it the file or is that another file and what would that code look like since I can identify what variable you are using, sorry if this is confusing but i am confused my programing knowledge is limited to VB.net and vary basic C++ (I only just started that class)

[Ajeh]

Go to the Catalog ... Manufacturers ... and click on each of the 3 manufacturers and see what the URL reads for the mID= to get the value for that manufacturers_id ...

[bigbear]

lastly adding to the cost is that done it the file or is that another file and what would that code look like since I can identify what variable you are using, (I only just started that class)

let me rephrase this so that its easier to understand but first let me thank you for all this help. I have been getting vary frustrated because of this problem and thanks to you it seems as if I may be getting some where.

ok to I want to add this to the cost immediately it think simple equations

man_cost1 + man_cost2 + man_cost3 = shipping_cost

however I don't know what variable you are using above to add I keep looking at the function you wrote but I just cant figure it out. I will keep trying to figure it out but if you could kind of identify the formula or even what variable holds the information gained. I hope that makes more since then before.

[bigbear]

ok wait is it

$extra_charges

and would i just write the equation

shipping_cost += $extra_charges

in the proper place?

(shipping_cost is my example var for what the actual var name would be)