Extract Transaction's Customer Info to be written to a file?

[zcnb]

Isn't the object named $order, not $orders ?

No, it is $orders, as can be seen in the attached image.

I am still lost as to why the contents of the $orders->fields[] array is empty or what is the proper stage to "snatch" it. I tried the following notificatications - to no avail:

NOTIFY_HEADER_START_CHECKOUT_SUCCESS
NOTIFY_HEADER_END_CHECKOUT_SUCCESS
NOTIFY_CHECKOUT_PROCESS_AFTER_SEND_ORDER_EMAIL

I am still successful at writing test text (and variables) to the test file in upon any of the above notifications. However, the $orders->fields[] seems to be empty when I do that, since non of those fields get written to the file.

Any idea how to snatch correctly those $orders->fields[] values?

Thanks,
Daniel

[DrByte]

A "queryFactoryResult" object is the returned data from a database query.

The actual order object that contains the data for the currently in-progress order while checkout_process is creating and storing an order, is $order.

[zcnb]

A "queryFactoryResult" object is the returned data from a database query.

The actual order object that contains the data for the currently in-progress order while checkout_process is creating and storing an order, is $order.

Thanks for pointing this out. I tried the same exact thing with $order (instead of $orders) but I am receiving the same results.

By now I am almost certain that my problem is not a syntax bug, but something conceptual that I am missing.

What could it be?

[zcnb]

Well, I haven't solved the mystery yet, but I can already admit to one conceptual mistake: I forgot to read the source code (and relied, instead, on documentation and existing threads in the Zen Cart forums).

Also, so that I can save other beginners from the same syntax mistake, the correct syntax for accessing the $orders->field[] array elements is $orders->fields['customers_name'], not $orders->fields[customers_name] (long live single quotes...)

Fixing this syntax mistake didn't help, of course, because IMHO my problem lies within the scope/lifetime of the objects I am trying to "snatch".

In the meanwhile, I am providing here a snapshot of the my partially working solution, along with what actually gets written to the file:

includes\auto_loaders\config.writeCustInfo.php:

<?php

$autoLoadConfig[90][] = array('autoType'=>'class',
                              'loadFile'=>'observers/class.writeCustInfo.php');
$autoLoadConfig[90][] = array('autoType'=>'classInstantiate',
                              'className'=>'writeCustInfo',
                              'objectName'=>'writeCustInfo');

?>

includes\classes\observers\class.writeCustInfo.php:

<?php
/**
 * Observer class to write customer info to a temp file.
 */
class writeCustInfo extends base {

 /**  constructor method !
   * 
   * Attach observer class to the global $zco_notifier and watches for a single notifier event.
   */
  function writeCustInfo() {
    global $zco_notifier;
    $zco_notifier->attach($this, array('NOTIFY_CHECKOUT_PROCESS_AFTER_SEND_ORDER_EMAIL'));
  }

 /**   Actual Method that writes customer info to file
   * 
   * Called by observed class when any of the notifiable events occur
   *
   * @param object $class
   * @param string $eventID
   */
  function update(&$class, $eventID) {
    $myFile = "testFile.txt";
    $fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("can't open file");

    /**
    * Write the following fields to a file
    */
    $stringData = "This is the first line of ";
    $stringData = $stringData . $myFile;
    fwrite($fh, $stringData);
    fwrite($fh, "\r\n");
    
    $customerInfo = "Customer Information: \r\n";
    $customerInfo = $customerInfo . $myFile;
    $customerInfo = $customerInfo . $order->fields['customers_name'];
    $customerInfo = $customerInfo . $order->fields['customers_company'];
    $customerInfo = $customerInfo . $order->fields['customers_street_address'];
    fwrite($fh, $customerInfo);
    fwrite($fh, "\r\n");

    fclose($fh);    
  }
}
?>

The output, in testFile.txt:

This is the first line of testFile.txt
Customer Information:
testFile.txt

I will post here the complete solution, once I have it. But if you notice any gross mistake in my code that could explain the mystery, that would help me post the solution faster.

Thanks,
Daniel

[DrByte]

Try making the following alterations ...

from this:

    $customerInfo = "Customer Information: \r\n";
    $customerInfo = $customerInfo . $myFile;
    $customerInfo = $customerInfo . $order->fields['customers_name'];
    $customerInfo = $customerInfo . $order->fields['customers_company'];
    $customerInfo = $customerInfo . $order->fields['customers_street_address'];

to this:

    global $order;
    $customerInfo = "Customer Information: \r\n";
    $customerInfo .= 'First: ' . $order->customer['firstname'] . "\r\n";
    $customerInfo .= 'Last: ' . $order->customer['lastname'] . "\r\n";
    $customerInfo .= 'Email: ' . $order->customer['email_address'] . "\r\n";
    $customerInfo .= "\r\n\r\n\r\nOther information available is described here:\r\n" . print_r($order, true) . "\r\n";

[zcnb]

Dr. Byte - you seem to be a true doctor - Thank you so much!

I did discover by myself that the class 'order' has no member called 'fields' but has a member named 'customer' (array) - and I tried a fix similar to what you suggested, which of course didn't work because... I was missing the line

global $order; 

That was my "conceptual" mistake. Although I remembered to place a similar line in the observer's constructor:

global $zco_notifier; 

I failed to tell update() that $order is global.

Now all is well and here is the final result (config.writeCustInfo.php remains unchanged and so I will post the complete code for class.writeCustInfo.php only):

<?php
/**
 * Observer class to write customer info to a temp file.
 */
class writeCustInfo extends base {

 /**  constructor method !
   * 
   * Attach observer class to the global $zco_notifier and watches for a single notifier event.
   */
  function writeCustInfo() {
    global $zco_notifier;
    $zco_notifier->attach($this, array('NOTIFY_CHECKOUT_PROCESS_AFTER_SEND_ORDER_EMAIL'));
  }

 /**   Actual Method that writes customer info to file
   * 
   * Called by observed class when any of the notifiable events occur
   *
   * @param object $class
   * @param string $eventID
   */
  function update(&$class, $eventID) {
    $myFile = "testFile.txt";
    $fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("can't open file");

    /**
    * Write the following fields to a file
    */
    $stringData = "This is the first line of ";
    $stringData = $stringData . $myFile;
    fwrite($fh, $stringData);
    fwrite($fh, "\r\n");

    
    global $order;
    $customerInfo = "Customer Information: \r\n";
    $customerInfo .= 'First: ' . $order->customer['firstname'] . "\r\n";
    $customerInfo .= 'Last: ' . $order->customer['lastname'] . "\r\n";
    $customerInfo .= 'Email: ' . $order->customer['email_address'] . "\r\n";
 //   $customerInfo .= "\r\n\r\n\r\nOther information available is described here:\r\n" . print_r($order, true) . "\r\n";

    
    fwrite($fh, $customerInfo);
    fwrite($fh, "\r\n");

    fclose($fh);    
  }
}
?>

Thanks again!
Daniel