External member discount code implementation

[spmckee]

Greetings,

I am working on a site that will issue a %10 discount to members of an external site. The site provides code examples on how to interface with the system here: http://ba.brewersassociation.org/ws/ahamember.asmx

If the member number entered is valid the system returns the following XML:

<memberstatus MemberID="00000001">
<FullName>John Doe</FullName>
<IsMember>true</IsMember>
<MemberInfo Type="AHA" Status="A" Expiration="2012-10-31T00:00:00" />
</memberstatus>

If valid, a discount would be applied to the customers order.

Any ideas on where to start with this one? I've spent a lot of time around code but am not that familiar with ZC.

I really appreciate your help!

Cheers,
Sean-Paul

[DrByte]

You could clone the ot_coupon order-total module, and alter its validation lookup from doing a check on internal db tables to do the external lookup. If validation passes then it can pass on the discounts into the order during checkout.

[spmckee]

DrByte, when you say "Clone" do you mean to copy the actual PHP page or is that a function within ZC?

Thanks for your help.

[DrByte]

By "clone" of an order-total module, I mean to make a duplicate copy of the corresponding PHP files and then customize the PHP code and language strings in them to suit your needs.

[spmckee]

By "clone" of an order-total module, I mean to make a duplicate copy of the corresponding PHP files and then customize the PHP code and language strings in them to suit your needs.

OK, I've made copies of both the "ot_coupon.php" module and language files and named them uniquely. I have also renamed the "ot_coupon" class and changed the naming on the language constants as well. However, I've looked and looked but can't find where to include/call the newly made files. In which PHP file do I call them up?

Thanks!
SP

[DrByte]

You can turn on a module in Admin->Modules->Order Total

[spmckee]

Thanks again for your help DrByte.

I've successfully duplicated and installed the new coupon. However I'm having a very hard time find the right function to target for the member check. Do you have any idea which one I should begin looking at?

All I'm shooting for initially is to create a hard-coded coupon code array that I can search through with a submitted coupon code. Once I get that nailed I'll move on to allowing the number to be verified from the remote DB.

Thanks again!
SP

[swguy]

If you get Newsletter Discount from the Plugins at the top of this page, you can see how it does a check of the MailChimp database and offers a discount code if the user is registered there.