Set a flat shipping cost for a single item

it seems the pID is the issue for the shipping not turnning on/off with a click as the pID is "1" and the pID to change the status for the item "in this items case is the pID of 131 so the pID is not updating for the shipping icon.

currently using :

<?php if ($products->fields['product_is_always_free_shipping'] == '1') { echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'action=setflag&flag=0&pID=' . $products->fields['product_is_always_free_shipping'] . '&cPath=' . $cPath . (isset($_GET['page']) ? '&page=' . $_GET['page'] : '')) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'free_shipping_set.png', IMAGE_ICON_STATUS_ON) . '</a>'; } else { echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'action=setflag&flag=1&pID=' . $products->fields['product_is_always_free_shipping'] . '&cPath=' . $cPath . (isset($_GET['page']) ? '&page=' . $_GET['page'] : '')) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icon_red_on.gif', IMAGE_ICON_STATUS_OFF) . '</a>'; } ?>

The pID needs to be the products_id and you are using the setting for the:
product_is_always_free_shipping

which will always be 1 or 0 ...

ok, so I have

<?php if ($products->fields['product_is_always_free_shipping'] == '1') { echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'action=setflag&flag=0&pID=' . $products->fields['products_id'] . '&cPath=' . $cPath . (isset($_GET['page']) ? '&page=' . $_GET['page'] : '')) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'free_shipping_set.png', IMAGE_ICON_STATUS_ON) . '</a>'; } else { echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'action=setflag&flag=1&pID=' . $products->fields['products_id'] . '&cPath=' . $cPath . (isset($_GET['page']) ? '&page=' . $_GET['page'] : '')) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icon_red_on.gif', IMAGE_ICON_STATUS_OFF) . '</a>'; } ?>

why is the truck still trigering the item status on/off

and in categories.php I have

break;
 case 'setflag':
  if ( ($_GET['flag'] == '0') || ($_GET['flag'] == '1') ) {
    if (isset($_GET['pID'])) {
      zen_set_product_is_always_free_shipping($_GET['pID'], $_GET['flag']);

    }
  }

Did you change the:
case 'setflag':

or did you just duplicate it? and now have two sections for:
case 'setflag':

If you duplicated it, then it is not "hearing" your duplicate ... it is hearing the original code in the first:
case 'setflag':

yes I duplicated it and changed the zen_set

  break;
  case 'setflag':
  if ( ($_GET['flag'] == '0') || ($_GET['flag'] == '1') ) {
    if (isset($_GET['pID'])) {
      zen_set_product_status($_GET['pID'], $_GET['flag']);
    
    }
  }
break;
 case 'setflag':
  if ( ($_GET['flag'] == '0') || ($_GET['flag'] == '1') ) {
    if (isset($_GET['pID'])) {
      zen_set_product_is_always_free_shipping($_GET['pID'], $_GET['flag']);

    }
  }

Like I said, I am not a programer, so I do not see what is wrong when I changed teh zen_set from staus to shipping

tried setting

break;
case 'setflagshipping':

AND

zen_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'action=setflagshipping&flag=0&pID='

to give the setflag a uniqe name.

Did you make a function for:
zen_set_product_is_always_free_shipping

your tourchering me huh, you know I most likley did not,
and no, no idea I had to or how to.

can you please guide me to get it working ?

Create a new file in:
/admin/includes/functions/extra_functions

call it something like:
always_free_shipping_functions.php

and add the code:

<?php
////
// Sets the status of a product
  function zen_set_product_is_always_free_shipping($products_id, $always_free_shipping_status) {
    global $db;
    if ($always_free_shipping_status == '1') {
      return $db->Execute("update " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . "
                           set product_is_always_free_shipping = 1, products_last_modified = now()
                           where products_id = '" . (int)$products_id . "'");

    } elseif ($always_free_shipping_status == '0') {
      return $db->Execute("update " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . "
                           set product_is_always_free_shipping = 0, products_last_modified = now()
                           where products_id = '" . (int)$products_id . "'");

    } else {
      return -1;
    }
  }

copy this from the general.php ?

// Sets the status of a product
function zen_set_product_status($products_id, $status) {
global $db;
if ($status == '1') {
return $db->Execute("update " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . "
set products_status = 1, products_last_modified = now()
where products_id = '" . (int)$products_id . "'");
} elseif ($status == '0') {
return $db->Execute("update " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . "
set products_status = 0, products_last_modified = now()
where products_id = '" . (int)$products_id . "'");
} else {
return -1;
}
}

all I did was search for zen_set_product_status

Use the code that I posted and put it in a file like I posted ...

That did it, it all works and the format looks right.

Thank you again, hope all this can help others add this or other Items of a product to turn on/off.

Thanks for the update that this is working for you ...

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Ajeh:

Set the weight of the Product to 0, then, in the function quote of your shipping modules you could use:

global $cart;
$chk_products = 0;
$extra_products_charge = 0.00;

// check for products_id 12 and add $5.00 to shipping
$chk_products += $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id','12');
if ($chk_products > 0) {
$extra_products_charge = 5.00;
}

> 
> Then, add the new variable:
> $extra_products_charge
> 
> to the cost on your shipping module(s) ...

This sounds like the solution I need ... but I am a bit confused as where exactly to place this code. We are using 1.3.9h and the UPS shipping module.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Look in the ups.php module for this section of code:

        if (!in_array($type, $allowed_methods)) continue;
        // EOF: UPS USPS
        $cost = preg_replace('/[^0-9.]/', '',  $cost);
        $methods[] = array('id' => $type,
                           'title' => $this->types[$type],
                           'cost' => ($cost * $shipping_num_boxes) + (MODULE_SHIPPING_UPS_HANDLING_METHOD == 'Box' ? MODULE_SHIPPING_UPS_HANDLING * $shipping_num_boxes : MODULE_SHIPPING_UPS_HANDLING) );
      }

add the new code below the line:

        $cost = preg_replace('/[^0-9.]/', '',  $cost);

then add the $extra_products_charge to the cost:

        $methods[] = array('id' => $type,
                           'title' => $this->types[$type],
                           'cost' => $extra_products_charge + ($cost * $shipping_num_boxes) + (MODULE_SHIPPING_UPS_HANDLING_METHOD == 'Box' ? MODULE_SHIPPING_UPS_HANDLING * $shipping_num_boxes : MODULE_SHIPPING_UPS_HANDLING) );