My hazmat one-time fee is not being factored into price when added to cart

[Ajeh]

This is reminding me of something ... hmmm ...

What version of Zen Cart are you runing?

Clean install or an Upgrade?

[tcarden]

thanks for reading my post Ajeh,
i was unable to get the config in the above screensnap to work. here's what i did:

for my client i have to mark or flag certain items being either HazMat One (incur a one time charge of $25 ) or HazMat Two (one time $49). in the above config, i was trying to create a separate option for each HazMat. that is an option with only one option value but for some reason, could not get the one-time charge factored into the cart total. so i deleted and reconfig'd as an option with 2 option values and the assign a product to have only one of then, thus forcing the product have that option and incur the one time charge.

well, it worked but the now the problem is this:

if client buys 3 Six-inch Electric matches, a one time $25 charge is incurred but, if in addtion he buys 2 Twelve-Inch Electric matches, that one time charge is incurred again, which is unacceptable.

so i have to create another mechanism to handle this, the one time charge needs to be a global variable. so perhaps i'll end up creating a HazMat plug-in ;-)

i'm a mid-level PHP programmer so it will be a challenge to say the least.

[Ajeh]

Are you saying you do NOT need a 1 time HazMat charger per Product but rather a 1 time HazMat charge per Order when any of the HazMat Products are on the order?

And are there 2 possible HazMat charges depending on the Product(s) in the Order?

And what happens if 2 Products are in the Order where one Product has the HazMat charge of $25 and one has the HazMat charge of $49?

[tcarden]

Yes exactly, a one time charge per order.
at the moment i can't remember, they either both get calculated or the $49 overrides the $25 one. i'll find out ASAP,
but then to complicate matters, if the order total is $300 or above the charges get dropped.

i've already modified the products table with a HazMat column that contains either HazMat1, HazMat2 or Null.
i've also modified the product page to display to the customer that the product will incur a charge.

if a global HazMAt variable is the way to go where would i instantiate the variable?

$HazMat1 = false;
$HazMat2 = false;

huge thanks for any advice on this!

[tcarden]

the $49 HazMat has to cancel out the $25 Hazmat fee.

i'm working on it

[Ajeh]

So if a Product(s) for HazMat1 is in the Order ... the HazMat Charge is $25.00 ...

then if a Product(s) for HazMat2 is in the Order ... then the HazMat Charge should be $49 ...

and if neither a HazMat1 or HazMat2 is in the Order ... then there should be NO HazMat charge, correct?