Clone a Payment Module?

[swilliams88]

We currently have one domain for US transactions and a seperate domain & zen cart install for CA transactions. The reason it was done this way is because we use Moneris to accept credit cards on our store but different merchant numbers, bank accounts, etc. for the two currencies. What I would like to do is combine the two into one domain and zen cart install. The only way I can see us doing that is to somehow clone the moneris module and then set up a US Zone for moneris module 1 and then set up a CA Zone for moneris module 2.

Is this possible? Am I on the right track? Or am I over thinking it?

[DrByte]

Or you could enhance the moneris module to detect the currency the customer is shopping in and submit the transaction to the correct merchant account based on that currency choice, thus meaning you've only got one module needed.

[swilliams88]

Or you could enhance the moneris module to detect the currency the customer is shopping in and submit the transaction to the correct merchant account based on that currency choice, thus meaning you've only got one module needed.

Wow that sounds like it would be much more functional on the backend....however, that might be above my head php-wise. So I would need to enter in a code that would look at the currency selected by the customer and then pull up the correct merchant account. Can I bother you for an idea on WHERE I need to do that?

[DrByte]

Got a link where I can download the module you're using?

[swilliams88]

I no longer see it listed under the payment plugins...I only see an updated one for 1.5 but I am still on version 1.39h. We have made small modifications but this is the original mod:

moneris_payment_module_1-24.zip

[DrByte]

Around line 180 you've got this bit of code:

        $process_button_string = zen_draw_hidden_field('ps_store_id', MODULE_PAYMENT_MONERISESELECTPLUS_PS_STORE_ID) . 
                                 zen_draw_hidden_field('hpp_key', MODULE_PAYMENT_MONERISESELECTPLUS_HPP_KEY) . 
                                 zen_draw_hidden_field('charge_total', number_format($order->info['total'], 2, '.', '')) . 
                                 zen_draw_hidden_field('cc_num', $this->cc_card_number) .

Change that to read like this:

    if ($order->info['currency'] == 'USD') { 
      $process_button_string = zen_draw_hidden_field('ps_store_id', MODULE_PAYMENT_MONERISESELECTPLUS_PS_STORE_ID) . 
                               zen_draw_hidden_field('hpp_key', MODULE_PAYMENT_MONERISESELECTPLUS_HPP_KEY);
    } else {
      $process_button_string = zen_draw_hidden_field('ps_store_id', 'INSERT YOUR CA STOREID CODE HERE') . 
                               zen_draw_hidden_field('hpp_key', 'INSERT YOUR CA HPP KEY HERE');
    }
    $process_button_string .= 
                    zen_draw_hidden_field('charge_total', number_format($order->info['total'], 2, '.', '')) . 
                    zen_draw_hidden_field('cc_num', $this->cc_card_number) .

And in your ZC admin, enter your US account settings in the module's configuration details, and put your CA settings into the PHP file where shown above.

Then when your customers choose USD for checkout, they'll use your US settings, and if they choose any other currency they'll use your CA settings.
(So, hopefully you've only got USD and CAD enabled in your store, under Admin->Localization->Currencies)

[swilliams88]

This might work nicely.....however, could I change

if ($order->info['currency'] == 'USD')

to read anything, such as if ($order->info['billing_country'] == 'United States')? ......this would accommodate the fact that we can be sure the right currency is billed even if they don't think to change the currency option.

[swilliams88]

Upon testing your original code (without the modification that I suggested), I was unable to process a charge onto the credit card in any currency.

Do I need to also address other locations in the mod that look for MODULE_PAYMENT_MONERISESELECTPLUS_HPP_KEY and MODULE_PAYMENT_MONERISESELECTPLUS_PS_STORE_ID?

[DrByte]

This might work nicely.....however, could I change
...
to read anything, such as if ($order->info['billing_country'] == 'United States')? ......this would accommodate the fact that we can be sure the right currency is billed even if they don't think to change the currency option.

It's more complicated than that, because if you just blindly charge in USD if the address is in Canada, and don't also calculate exchange rate on it, then you'll not be charging the correct amount, and therefore have unhappy customers.
You'd need to do similarly even if you cloned the module to only work with CAD and a different specific zone.
Much safer to ensure that the customer selects the right currency, and you submit that to your correct account based on currency.

Also keep in mind that if I have 2 credit cards, one in each country, maybe I intentionally want to charge my purchase to a certain card in its own currency regardless of my address.