Different Shipping Options for Different Customer Types

[scottmcclean]

Cool!

Sorry to be a pain - but I have had a look at the SQL table and it appears that every customer that is not in a "discount group" is set to "0".

Is it possible to reflect in the code that if customer is in group "0" then they do not get free shipping?

[Ajeh]

Then you would change the code:

        if ($chk_discount_group->fields['customers_group_pricing'] != 2) {

to read:

        if ($chk_discount_group->fields['customers_group_pricing'] == 0) {

and anyone not in a group will not see it ...

[scottmcclean]

Ajeh - this is awesome! It works perfectly - thank you so much for this.

[Ajeh]

You are most welcome ... thanks for the update that this is working for you now ...

[Stizzed]

Linda,

I thought I would try a variation of this suggestion to allow only members of Discount Group 2 to use a particular Payment Option. Whenever I try to use your code in a payment module (freecharger for example) it just hoses the admin/modules/payment menu and clearly doesn't work.

What is different or what could I be doing wrong?

I did notice that the freecharger module does not include a $db global declaration, although adding it did not help...

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

[Ajeh]

You can customize the file:
/includes/modules/payment/freecharger.php

      $this->enabled = ((MODULE_PAYMENT_FREECHARGER_STATUS == 'True') ? true : false);
// bof: Only for Discount Group 2
      if (!IS_ADMIN_FLAG) {
        global $db;
        $chk_discount_group_sql = "SELECT customers_group_pricing FROM " . TABLE_CUSTOMERS . " WHERE customers_id = '" . $_SESSION['customer_id'] . "'";
        $chk_discount_group = $db->Execute($chk_discount_group_sql);
        if ($chk_discount_group->fields['customers_group_pricing'] != 2) {
          $this->enabled = false;
        }
      }
// eof: Only for Discount Group 2

However, the Zen Cart Free Charger freecharger is meant for when there is no charge on the order ... I am not sure why you want the block on it ... as there will not be a way to checkout with that on there ...

[Stizzed]

Thanks for the quick reply Linda! Without thinking it through I was using freecharger as an example.

Our Customer Service Reps want to be able to sell to employees and phone in customers. As some do not have email addresses or Credit Cards (the only method our public site supports) we need a way for a CSR to purchase an item for the employee or in the name of the caller. I figured that freecharger, moneyorder, or purchaseorder (an add-on mod) might be configured to allow it if the CSR were in a discount (0%) group.

If there is a better way I'll bet you know what it is!

[Ajeh]

You could do it with the Purchase Order or Check/Money Order moneyorder but the Zen Cart Free Charger freecharger is made for a different purpose so that would be a bad choice ...

[Stizzed]

You could do it with the Purchase Order or Check/Money Order moneyorder but the Zen Cart Free Charger freecharger is made for a different purpose so that would be a bad choice ...

Terrific!

So, freecharger essentially ~removes~ all charges, making the order free?

If so, could one make it available only to group 2 (CSR) as in your second example above, thus providing a CSR the option of processing the order outside via cash or other then simply Commenting on the order that it was paid with another (unlisted) payment method?

[Stizzed]

Tried adding the code in both freecharger and purchaseorders and get the same hosed admin menu:

Here is the menu before adding the code:


And after adding to purchaseorders:


As you can see it completely removes the module from the menu and removes all configuration options at the right.

Here is where I placed the code:

      if (is_object($order)) $this->update_status();
    }

// bof: Only for Discount Group 2
      if (!IS_ADMIN_FLAG) {
        global $db;
        $chk_discount_group_sql = "SELECT customers_group_pricing FROM " . TABLE_CUSTOMERS . " WHERE customers_id = '" . $_SESSION['customer_id'] . "'";
        $chk_discount_group = $db->Execute($chk_discount_group_sql);
        if ($chk_discount_group->fields['customers_group_pricing'] != 2) {
          $this->enabled = false;
        }
      }
// eof: Only for Discount Group 2

// class methods
    function update_status() { 

Sorry for being such a pain...