Stop purchase of only some products after daytime

[Famine_1]

So I need to test for products in the shopping cart that have a daytime buying parameter? So, I need to add a time limit during the day for some products so that they cannot buy those products after hours. Does Zen cart have the ability to stop orders of only certain products in the shopping cart? Without shutting down the entire store like this plugin.

[swguy]

You'd have to custom code this; nothing is built in.

[Famine_1]

Yes, I am asking how/where I would make this.

[davewest]

Yes, I am asking how/where I would make this.

You would have to build an extra cart action script... includes/extra_cart_actions/SOMENAME_extra_cart_actions.php

Doesn't mater what you name it as long as it's in that folder. For ideas/samples you can look at Download Already Purchased mod or Restrict Digital Downloads mod, both good mods by lat9..

I do it on auctions both for loading the cart and for removing an item from the cart.. as a sample...

<?php
/**
 * Product type Auction and Offer shopping cart remove action rewrite
 *
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V3.0
 * @Version $id: Product Type Auction and Offer 2  1 2010-06-20 10:30:40Z davewest $
 */

 //remove the existing item
if (($_GET['action'] == 'remove_product')) {
  $product_id = ($_GET['product_id']);
  //die('offer product '. '-'.($_GET['product_id']));
  $type_check = $db->Execute("select products_type from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " where products_id = '" . (int)$product_id . "'");
  $auction = $db->Execute("select type_id from " . TABLE_PRODUCT_TYPES . " where type_handler = 'product_auction' ");
  
if ($auction->fields['type_id'] == $type_check->fields['products_type']) {
    //reset auction price
    $auction_bid = $db->Execute("select bid_id, customers_bid from  " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_AUCTION . " where products_id = '" . (int)$product_id . "' order by bid_id DESC limit 1");
    $start_price = $db->Execute("select bid_start_price from  " . TABLE_PRODUCT_AUCTION_EXTRA . " where products_id = '" . (int)$product_id . "' limit 1");    
    $auction_current_price = ($auction_bid->fields['customers_bid'] >= 1) ? $auction_bid->fields['customers_bid'] : $start_price->fields['bid_start_price'];
     // update the product price in the PRODUCTS table to be the correct price
    $sql = "update " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " set products_price = '" .  $auction_current_price  . "' where products_id = '" . (int)$product_id  . "'  LIMIT 1 ";
    $db->Execute($sql); 
    $_SESSION['cart']->actionRemoveProduct($goto, $parameters);
  } else {
    //not auction or offer products go as before
    $_SESSION['cart']->actionRemoveProduct($goto, $parameters);
    }
  }

auto remove would be interesting when you consider time! are you talking about GMT, PST, EST MST... then throw in daylight savings, then winter and summer solstice...

[dbltoe]

You could base it on the difference from the client's timezone BUT, that is often done by IP which can be a VPN for Singapore used by someone in Atlanta.

Interesting situation.