Upload script during checkout

[onelove5683]

Is there any way to add a feature to allow the customer to upload a file during their checkout?

For example, if my site is for an image modification service, the customer will select the service they want to purchase, check-out, and upload their original image during the checkout process or immediately after.

I know they can just "email it to me" after they pay for the service, but that is no good! I need the file to be uploaded as soon as they pay. Also, it would be great if the files could be associated with their account.

Is there any way to do this? Or would someone be interested in making this work?

Please please please help. Thanks!

[DrByte]

Add a FILE attribute, and they can upload it when the add the service to their cart.
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=57

[onelove5683]

I read that page, and I went in to try it out. I think I'm missing something. Can you kinda do a step by step?

Where does the file go when they upload it?

[DrByte]

The FILE Option Type for attributes is discussed on page 181 of the eStart Your Web Store With Zen Cart user's manual.

Simply choose FILE for the Option Type when setting up the attribute components, and the customer will see a box to enter the name of the file they wish to upload from their computer. It's not really much different from using a TEXT Option Type to allow input of words, or a DROPDOWN Option Type to allow selection from a few possible choices via a pulldown menu.

The files are uploaded to the /images/uploads folder on your server, whose permissions need to be set to Writable (ie: usually 777). The files will be renamed numerically, for the protection of your server and hosting account, so that people cannot upload rogue files and arbitrarily execute them.

[onelove5683]

Thank you for your help.

What if the file is of a different type? I keep getting this message:
"Error: File type not allowed. - jpg,jpeg,gif,png,eps,cdr,ai,pdf,tif,tiff,bmp,zip"

[DrByte]

Also explained on page 181 of the eStart Your Web Store With Zen Cart user's manual, is the fact that you can set allowed file types in Admin->Configuration->Maximum Values->Allowed Filename Extensions for uploading