Binding a currency to a customer's region - can it be done?

[Scott_C]

OMG, you're a legend! Thank you Dr Byte!

We've donated previously, my wife has been bugging me (just today actually) that we should donate again. I fully intended to, but now its a no brainer.

A sincere thank you from Scott (me) and Lina my wife. We live solely on the income of our two webstores, which have both been converted to Zen Cart in the last few months.

The product is excellent, and the support on these forums is first rate.

Cheers,

Scott.

[Scott_C]

Id just like to add, I think this would be a very useful feature for Zen Cart.

I mean, if I lived in Indonesia and registered on a webstore, and chose Rupiah as my currency, Id expect to see that the next time I came back. Id probably be surprised if the currency had reverted to the store default.

Im sure there are lots of ramifications in adding something like this as a permanent feature, its easy for me to throw it out there.

Another donation just made.

[Scott_C]

Just wanted to report that it works a treat!

[DrByte]

Just wanted to report that it works a treat!

Glad to be of help

[Scott_C]

Hi Dr Byte, i just have one question in regard to the code you very kindly supplied.

Is it possible to make the following code;

    $this->zoneCurrency[1] = 'AUD';
    $this->zoneCurrency[2] = 'USD'; 

Into an IF statement something like this;

If
$this->zoneCurrency = "1"  //Aus
or 
$this->zoneCurrency = "3" //NZ
{
$this->zoneCurrency = 'AUD';
}
else
{
$this->zoneCurrency = 'USD'; 
} 

(Im sure the syntax is off, Im not a programmer!)

Im trying to make use of the class file without declaring a zone id if at all possible.

The reason being is, Id like to add about 35 countries and not have to set up zones for them. Im using the Zones shipping module, and it works great by simply listing the ISO 2 code of the country.

Further to that, if I dont define a country zone, the user is then asked to entry their own state/province in the text field of the registration form (rather than the dropdown menu) and I dont have to define all the various states and provinces for these countries.

Is this a feasible way to go? Or do I have to explicitly state the zone id for this code to work?

Kind Regards,

Scott.

[DrByte]

I would just create a zone definition which comprises all my AUD countries, and another for all my USD countries, and then use those numbers.
And, when creating those zone definitions, you can simply choose Country XYZ, All Zones, from the pulldown. No need to mention all states/provinces. Individually. The All Zones does that for you.

[Scott_C]

Lol, why didnt I think of that? You mentioned a similar solution the other day to tie a payment module to more than one country.

Arrghh..

Thanks for the fast reply. I will put your most simple, logical and elegant solution to work right away!

Cheers,

Scott.