Quantity in stock only on checkout (if not enough)

[twdhosting]

I am currently going through final testing of a site and I have noticed that if you do not allow checkout when there isn't enough stock that zencart displays a warning at the top of the cart asking the customer to change the quantity - great but it doesn't tell them how many are actually in stock so it's trial and error!

i don't want to display the quantity in stock on the product into pages or the product listing - just on the cart when stock levels are too low...

Any ideas on where to call the quantity from and how to display it under the quantity box on the checkout?

Thanks muchly!

[Ajeh]

You could use the function zen_get_products_stock to look up the current products_quantity for display on any page ...

The function is in the functions_lookups.php function file ...

[twdhosting]

That's great - I didn't realise there was a zen function for this - what about a switch so that the amount in stock only shows when there is not enough stock to fulfill the order?

Thanks again...!

[Ajeh]

Perhaps look to when the low stock is showing and use the same method ...

[twdhosting]

That's the problem - I can't seem to find where to low stock warning is displayed below the quantity box in the cart?

I have found the main error message at the top of the cart in tpl_shopping_cart_default.php

<?php if ($flagAnyOutOfStock) { ?>

<?php if (STOCK_ALLOW_CHECKOUT == 'true') { ?>

<div class="messageStackError"><?php echo OUT_OF_STOCK_CAN_CHECKOUT; ?></div>

<?php } else { ?>
<div class="messageStackError"><?php echo OUT_OF_STOCK_CANT_CHECKOUT; ?></div>

But the only reference I can find other than that is here:

</td>
<td class="cartProductDisplay">
<a href="<?php echo $product['linkProductsName']; ?>"><span id="cartImage" class="back"><?php echo $product['productsImage']; ?></span><span id="cartProdTitle"><?php echo $product['productsName'] . '<span class="alert bold">' . $product['flagStockCheck'] . '</span>'; ?></span></a>
<br class="clearBoth" />

Which is just below the update button code...

All I need is some code to check the stock level and display the quantity in stock if there isn't enough... I think I need spoon feeding this one!

[Ajeh]

The $product['flagStockCheck'] is the *** when low ...

Something like this should work for you:

<?php
  if ($product['flagShowFixedQuantity']) {
    echo $product['showFixedQuantityAmount'] . '<br /><span class="alert bold">' . $product['flagStockCheck'] . '</span><br /><br />' . $product['showMinUnits'] . ($product['flagStockCheck'] ? ' left ' . zen_get_products_stock($product['id']) : '');
  } else {
    echo $product['quantityField'] . '<br /><span class="alert bold">' . $product['flagStockCheck'] . '</span><br /><br />' . $product['showMinUnits'] . ($product['flagStockCheck'] ? ' left ' . zen_get_products_stock($product['id']) : '');
  }
?>

[twdhosting]

Worked like a charm... Thanks :)

[Ajeh]

You are most welcome ... thanks for letting us know that this solution worked for you to display the current instock quantity on the shopping cart so when the shopping_cart page is displayed you will see the products_quantity only when the stock is less what the customer is trying to order ...

[twdhosting]

It might be a small and useful addition to the next zencart version (wink wink) :)

[smashbeat]

I got the same problem and this modification works.
I was wondering if there is a way to do the same after Stock With attributes installed.
Thanks