Modifying Products URL Link - Adding Client Variables Dynamically.

[Matt Staines]

Hi Guys,

I'm modifying the Product Pages 'Product URL' input so that I can pass a user onto another website with some client variables. I have no need for it's normal use as is, so it makes sense I use it for something useful to me.

I have this string that doesn't quite work. I'm using www.example.com for link example.

$products_url = $product_info->fields['products_url'].'&userid='.$_SESSION['customer_id'];

This returns:
http://www.example.com%26userid%3D1

So the & = are being encoded incorrectly.

I'm trying to achieve a link like this:
www.example.com&userid=1 - My Customer ID being '1'

Does anybody know of the correct way to encode this? Possibly with an example piece of code?

Thanks

[DrByte]

Do it in the template instead, in the zen_href_link function, adding your special extra string as the 2nd param. zen_href_link(base URL, params to add)

[Matt Staines]

Thanks Dr Byte, That works perfectly. Just incase anyone wants to create something similar, the final code is as below for the tpl_product_info_display.php in the templates folder.

This is the Product URL adding the Client ID (or whatever you require) to pass a user to a different website and keep track of them. It will only show when the user is logged in.

<!--bof Product URL  Hacked to only show when Logged in added '&& isset($_SESSION['customer_id'])' -->
<?php
  if (zen_not_null($products_url) && isset($_SESSION['customer_id'])) {
    if ($flag_show_product_info_url == 1) {
?>
    <p id="productInfoLink" class="productGeneral centeredContent"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_MORE_INFORMATION, zen_href_link(FILENAME_REDIRECT, 'action=url&goto=' . urlencode($products_url).'&userid='.$_SESSION['customer_id'], 'NONSSL', true, false)); ?></p>
<?php
    } // $flag_show_product_info_url
  }
?>
<!--eof Product URL -->

:-)