Different shipping methods for different categories

[RodG]

Anyone!

The solution to your problem is in the examples already provided in this thread. You basically need to adapt the instructions to suit your own particular needs. There is (and cannot) be a set of instructions that will suit everyone because no two stores are alike.

The important thing to remember is that you'll need to make changes to each of your shipping modules, and then add your own tests/checks to set/unset the $this->enabled variables depending on the outcomes of the tests.

If you can't follow the examples given in this thread, there are many other threads with similar (but different) examples.

Cheers
Rod

[Mack32]

The solution to your problem is in the examples already provided in this thread. You basically need to adapt the instructions to suit your own particular needs. There is (and cannot) be a set of instructions that will suit everyone because no two stores are alike.

The important thing to remember is that you'll need to make changes to each of your shipping modules, and then add your own tests/checks to set/unset the $this->enabled variables depending on the outcomes of the tests.

If you can't follow the examples given in this thread, there are many other threads with similar (but different) examples.

Cheers
Rod

Thanks anyway. Figured it out.

Mack

[mvstudio]

Hello everyone.
I'm having a problem with the new USPS module.

This is what we used to have that doesn't work anymore.

We ship, priority all our products throughout the US, Canada and International, but one of our products (perfumes) due to restrictions is shipped only within the US via Parcel (standard).

The way we had it set up with rules gathered from this thread, we were able to turn on or off the shipping options depending on the product ID. Now with the new usps.php file the changes didn't work any longer, so we decided to clone the usps.php file (uspsperfumes.php), but of course we have problems.

We've been trying to add the statements to turn on or off if certain products ID's are in the shopping cart, and that part works as long as the customers has a US shipping address. The moment an international customer comes along, the customer only sees the select a shipping method message and no shipping options are provided. The way it worked before, it would show an international customer a message telling them to remove the perfume from the shopping cart because perfumes are not shipped internationally. No matter what we don't get the same results and we haven't been able to figure out what's going on, so if anyone could help us visualize the problem that would be great.

I tried posting the entire uspsperfume.php file, but I get an error that my post is too long.


This is the code we added to the usps.php file

      // CUSTOMIZED CONDITIONS GO HERE
      // Optionally add additional code here to change $this->enabled to false based on whatever custom rules you require.
      // -----
        if (IS_ADMIN_FLAG == false && $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','116') > 0) {
          $this->enabled = false;
        }
        if (IS_ADMIN_FLAG == false && $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','114') > 0) {
          $this->enabled = false;
        }
      // -----
      // eof: optional additional code 

This below is the code we added to the cloned usps file uspsperfume.php

      // CUSTOMIZED CONDITIONS GO HERE
      // Optionally add additional code here to change $this->enabled to false based on whatever custom rules you require.
      // -----
        if (IS_ADMIN_FLAG == false && $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','114') > 0) {
          $this->enabled = true;
        }
        if (IS_ADMIN_FLAG == false && $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','116') > 0) {
          $this->enabled = true;
        } else {
          $this->enabled = false;
        }
      // -----
      // eof: optional additional code 

It is possible we might have not cloned the usps.php file the right way, but I can't figure out where the damage might be.

Thanks for the help.

[Ajeh]

Your first IF is saying IF category 14 is in the cart set to true ...

Your second IF is saying IF category 16 is in the cart set to true else set to false so that it overrules the results of the first IF for category 14 when category 16 is not in the cart ...

More or less between the two IFs you have to have both category 14 and category 16 in the cart at the same time to get true or at least category 16 in the cart to get true ...

You need to test for both conditions and based on the combined results of both conditions then determine if it should be true or false ...

Something like:

  $chk_cats = 0;
  $chk_cats = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','114');
  $chk_cats += $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','116');
  if ($chk_cats > 0) {
    $this->enabled = true;
  } else {
    $this->enabled = false;
  }

NOTE: you should not need to test for IS_ADMIN_FLAG as that is tested already for you a few lines above ...

[mvstudio]

Thank you Ajeh for the quick reply!!!!

I made the changes.

This on the usps file

$chk_cats = 0;
  $chk_cats = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','114');
  $chk_cats += $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','116');
  if ($chk_cats > 0) {
    $this->enabled = false;
  } 

this on the usps clone file (uspsperfume)

        $chk_cats = 0;
          $chk_cats = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','114');
          $chk_cats += $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','116');
          if ($chk_cats > 0) {
            $this->enabled = true;
          } else {
            $this->enabled = false;
          } 

Still not working as it should.
Local customers now see 2 shipping options although only 1 should display. P
I have not selected to show standard post on usps.php but yes on uspsperfume.php and yet it's displaying that option on the shopping cart for both (?)

International customers still don't see the error message asking them remove perfume from the cart, but the select a shipping method and no shipping method shows.

[Ajeh]

Could you Zip your files for:
usps.php
uspsperfume.php

and attache them here?

[mvstudio]

I hope I did it right.
usps.zip

[Ajeh]

Which shipping module do you want to run if:
$chk_cats = 0

[mvstudio]

If those two product IDs are not in the cart usps.php should run for both national and international and uspsperfume.php should not run.
If those two product IDs are in the cart for US customers, usps.php should stop running and only uspsperfume.php should run.
If those two product IDs are in the cart for international customers, uspsperfume.php should not run, and usps.php should launch TEXT_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE message, which we have set up with the remove perfume from shopping cart so the shipping can be selected if, and only if, no perfumes are in the cart.

That's the logic we used to have, that's not working.

I'm wondering if we might need to clone usps.php for international as well??

Thanks for looking into it.

[Ajeh]

What setting differences are you using on:
usps

verses the settings on:
uspsperfume

Do you have any Zone Settings on either module?