why does this code not work?

[nazca]

<?php
//need to drop an add to cart button here.

echo zen_draw_form('cart_quantity', zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($products_id), zen_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=add_product', $request_type), 'post', 'enctype="multipart/form-data"');
?>
<input type="hidden" name="cart_quantity" value="<?php echo $qty ; ?>" maxlength="6" size="4" />
<input type="hidden" name="products_id" value="<?php echo $products_id ; ?>" />
<input type="image" name="image" title=" Add to Cart " src="button_in_cart.gif" alt="Add to Cart " />
</form>

Using this form the item adds to cart successfully but never with the correct quantity. What do I need to change to get to the correct quantity?

EDIT: Changed the img src url for a little more security.

[lhungil]

... Using this form the item adds to cart successfully but never with the correct quantity. What do I need to change to get to the correct quantity? ...

Where are you trying to "add" this code?

Maybe a silly question, but have you verified what value is assigned to the variable $qty?

The code in the default Zen Cart template for "product_info" already handles automatically showing / hiding the qty based upon the configured settings (can be set on the page for editing a product). You may want to take a peak at the source code for the template ("includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php") and module ("includes/modules/pages/product_info/main_template_vars.php") to see how this works...

[nazca]

Thanks for the reply.

$qty echo's correctly if I try it.

This is for a page where users can type in model numbers without having to go through the rest of the shopping cart. People order from our site and tend to have the same order with always a few but never major changes. This page allows them to quickly add the products to their shopping cart without having to find each one every time. We have thousands of products and it takes more time for them to find each one and add it the regular way than to just type it. Confirm it. start a new one.

EDIT: $qty is actually displayed above the button. So I know its there.

[nazca]

in fact; I pulled this code from tpl_product_info_display_default.php and just filled it in with my variables.

[gjh42]

Is therre anything from main_template_vars.php that you also need for your custom page/form?

[nazca]

thanks for the reply, gjh42. The best answer I can think to give from your question is... I dont believe so?

I was able to make it work like this...

$_SESSION['cart']->add_cart($products_id, $qty); 

wonderfully simple. However some unusual things happen. Because I'm doing that in my tpl_custompage_default.php the cart button at the top right does NOT update on the next page load. I've added a confirm button that sort of remedies this, however their item is now in the cart before they've confirmed it. It just looks right... but is not right.

[cvhainb]

You can open product_info/header_php.php and add this code at the top:

var_dump($_POST);die('here');

and you will see value of cart_quantity.