Adding a postcode check to checkout.

[dp405]

Hello,

I'm quite new to zen cart and website creating in general.
I'm making a website (based on brighton pets template) that offers a delivery service but can only delivery to people within a certain range of travel.

I already have a postcode checker on the site where people can enter their postcode and check if they are within our area (this is checked by a php script).

However, I'd like to add this scripted check to the checkout so that it is not possible for people outside of the delivery area to complete their checkout.

Can anyone point me in the right direction towards achieving this?

Any help would be much appreciated.

David

[DrByte]

Add your custom code for verifying shipping addresses ... into your shipping module.

The update_status() function there would be the best place. If the postcode doesn't pass the test, then set $this->enabled to false, and the module won't be available for checkout, thus preventing checkout.

[dp405]

Thanks very much for the advice. I think that approach will work.
Do you know how I can access the customers postcode information from within the shipping module's php file?

Thanks again!

David

[DrByte]

$order->delivery['postcode']