Command line parameters - how to?

[kalastaja]

I would need to enter my own - primarily at "..../index.php?main_page=create_account". I would like to include the sponsor in the link.

[kuroi]

I would need to enter my own - primarily at "..../index.php?main_page=create_account". I would like to include the sponsor in the link.

Please could you provide a little detail about what you want to do. There's not quite enough here to really understand what you're wanting to do.

[kalastaja]

Sorry! I would like to make a link to my shop that contains the sponsor information, i.e. when the customer clicks on the link it goes straight to the create_account-page and the sponsor-field has the value from the link.

[kuroi]

There isn't anything built into Zen Cart to do this, but if you have PHP programming skills it's not too difficult.

I'd recommend overriding the init_customer_auth.php file (there's an overrides folder in the includes/init_includes/ folder for this) to add some code at the end to test if a user is not logged in and has a sponsor parameter in the URL. If so, you would take whatever note you need to there of this (e.g. updating a sponsor count in the database) and then do a zen_redirect to the create_account screen.

[kalastaja]

Ok, thanks.

[kalastaja]

I was originally thinking more in terms of cPath/products_id-parameters being handed along and catching the sponsor on the create_account-page!?

[kuroi]

I wouldn't try to keep handing it along while a visitor browses the site, it's likely to get lost that way.

Better would be to capture it where I said and write it to a cookie. Then add some code to the includes/modules/create_account_success/header_php.php file to look for the cookie if an account has been created, and if so read in and use the sponsor information there.

[kalastaja]

Thank's kuroi, I see your point!

[DrByte]

Or if the cookie route isn't needed, instead of setting a cookie, just set the same session variable that the ot_coupon module sets, and in your admin set your customer-referrals setting to use the first-redeemed-coupon as the referral code set during create-account.

[kalastaja]

This "piggy-back" I like even better.