Tips on cloning Table Rate shipping module

[Ajeh]

The difficult thing about cloning Table Rate table is that the buzz word is:
table

And table is part of the code but it also is a part of the naming for the database tables as well ...

Because of this, you will go along doing your replaces and replace too many things and break the heck out of the code ...

This should not have been touched

TABLE2_CONFIGURATION

Originally this was:

TABLE_CONFIGURATION

and refers to the database table configuration ...

You need to watch that the replacement of TABLE with SOMETHINGELSE does not touch any references to the database table constants that are also in CAPS and start with TABLE_ ... or you will be doomed ...

[chris32882]

The difficult thing about cloning Table Rate table is that the buzz word is:
table

And table is part of the code but it also is a part of the naming for the database tables as well ...

Because of this, you will go along doing your replaces and replace too many things and break the heck out of the code ...

This should not have been touched


Originally this was:


and refers to the database table configuration ...

You need to watch that the replacement of TABLE with SOMETHINGELSE does not touch any references to the database table constants that are also in CAPS and start with TABLE_ ... or you will be doomed ...

Alright that seems like a pretty easy fix

[chris32882]

Alright, I made that change. It shows in the admin section, but whenever I change the sort order of one, it changes the other the same, how can I stop this?

here is the screen shot with the Warning:

[Ajeh]

I'd go through the code again and see what other errors you might have ...

You have to be careful and be sure to update ALL of the:
table to table2
TABLE to TABLE2

but NOT change any of the references to the constants that are referring to the database tables ...

[torvista]

Hi,
I wasted a lot of time discovering that the filename for the cloned module should not have an underscore in it:

flat_clone.php = bad
flatclone.php = good

It will show up in Admin and install ok, but checkout but will not go to step 2.

Maybe the cognescenti could confirm that underscores are a no-no Zen-wide or just in the Shiping and Payment modules.

regards
Steve

[Ajeh]

Don't use the underscore ...

When you do:
flat
flat_something

flat will equate to flat_something during validation in the code and make a real mess ...

Rule of thumb ... if it hurt when you hit your thumb with the hammer, don't hit your thumb with the hammer ...

[chris32882]

I'd go through the code again and see what other errors you might have ...

You have to be careful and be sure to update ALL of the:
table to table2
TABLE to TABLE2

but NOT change any of the references to the constants that are referring to the database tables ...

Hey just a question, I am starting over and starting from scratch to make sure I do this right....

The code shirster posted that will it be fine to use if I copy and paste it into a new tabe2.php file since the code is for 1.3.7?

What I did was just copy the table.php and renamed it to table2.php and did the renaming as it said to in the first post in this thread

It is showing she/he is renaming the TABLE_CONFIGURATION files inserting "TABLE2" into the lines

[chris32882]

Hey just a question, I am starting over and starting from scratch to make sure I do this right....

The code shirster posted that will it be fine to use if I copy and paste it into a new tabe2.php file since the code is for 1.3.7?

What I did was just copy the table.php and renamed it to table2.php and did the renaming as it said to in the first post in this thread

It is showing she/he is renaming the TABLE_CONFIGURATION files inserting "TABLE2" into the lines

hmm still can't figure this out...

[Ajeh]

TABLE_CONFIGURATION is referring to the configuration table and should not be touched as this instance of TABLE_ means what database table to use ...

[chris32882]

TABLE_CONFIGURATION is referring to the configuration table and should not be touched as this instance of TABLE_ means what database table to use ...

ok I thought you meant just for "TABLE_CONFIGURATION" instead of all caps that include TABLE