Passing values from another page...

[JPrescott]

Very new to zen cart and what I am trying to do is this...

I would like to pass values from a previous page, quantity, size, color...ect from a jquery calculator that I have made. I would like to have these values transfer to a product check-out page in zen cart. So on the calculator page you hit a buy button and the quantity, color...ect transfers to the check-out page for the customers convenience.

Can this be done using GET? and if so how do I do this?


Thanks

[kuroi]

It sounds as though you're collecting information via a form (albeit one that's javascript enhanced) and want to use that information elsewhere.

You don't say whether your submitting the form directly to the place where you want to use it, or whether collection and use are separate.

Either way, there's no a short, easy paragraph that will make this easy for you and you'll need to have a good understanding of how web forms work.

I recommend that you start there. This link is a good resource for getting inside the topic => http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp. Once you understand the basics, that would be the time to understand how they apply to a complex structure like Zen Cart.

[JPrescott]

Here is the code i am using to change the link based on the product. Is there a way(first if statement as an example) to change the cart_quantity by changing the URL?

<a id="myLink" href="http://mysite.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1>Order This Product!</a>

if (size == '24x14'){
$("#myLink").attr("href", "http://mysite.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1&amp;cart_quantity=quantit y");
}

if (size == '24x16'){
$("#myLink").attr("href", "http://mysite.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=2");
}

if (size == '26.5x16'){
$("#myLink").attr("href", "http://mysite.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=3");
}

if (size == '26.5x20'){
$("#myLink").attr("href", "http://mysite.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=4");
}

if (size == '30x20'){
$("#myLink").attr("href", "http://mysite.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=5");
}

if (size == '32x20'){
$("#myLink").attr("href", "http://mysite.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=6");
}