Customers Name - Last Name, First Name

In the script there are a few places where customers_name is used instead of first_name last_name. It seems if customers_name is used the name order becomes first last name.

With Japanese the name order should be last first name.

In the DB table address_format I can set the correct name order and it seems to work except in at least 2 cases where customers_name seems to be referenced. How do I change this?

1. email\email_template_order_status.html

2. admin\orders.php, invoice.php, & packinglist.php
   I happen to be using Super Orders and the name order in orders.php, invoice.php, & packinglist.php is First Name Last Name

NOTE
If the customer is placing the order in English the name order should be first name last name.

Would changing includes/classes/order.php work?

Line 595 'customers_name' => $this->customer['firstname'] . ' ' . $this->customer['lastname'],

To

Line 595 'customers_name' => $this->customer['lastname'] . ' ' . $this->customer['firstname'],

That would change all languages, is there a language specific way to change name order?

You would have to find the language the order was placed in (not sure how without researching), but once you know that, you can make a test based on the language id, something like:```php
//look up order language, get its id - before the statement that includes line 595
//then test and set order
if ($order_language_id == '3') {//use the id for Japanese
$customers_name_order = $this->customer['lastname'] . ' ' . $this->customer['firstname'];
} else {
$customers_name_order = $this->customer['firstname'] . ' ' . $this->customer['lastname'];
}

//line 595
'customers_name' => $customers_name_order,

If this e-mail is being processed in real time when the order is placed, the current language id will be the correct one. That makes it easy.

if ($_SESSION['languages_id'] == '3') {//use the id for Japanese 

Anything being processed at a later time will have to be handled differently; I don't know if the language in use when the order was placed is even saved for later reference.

Japanese language ID is 7, I will give it a shot and report back.

It became as follows;
$sql_data_array = array('customers_id' => $_SESSION['customer_id'],
//modification for Japanese name order
if ($order_language_id == '7') {
$customers_name_order = $this->customer['lastname'] . ' ' . $this->customer['firstname'];
} else {
$customers_name_order = $this->customer['firstname'] . ' ' . $this->customer['lastname'];
}
'customers_name' => $customers_name_order,
//'customers_name' => $this->customer['firstname'] . ' ' . $this->customer['lastname'],
'customers_company' => $this->customer['company'],

Unfortunately it does not seem to change the name order.

Ouch, actually this coding caused a problem with the ordering process and results in an error. The customer cannot complete the order.

Look in your store's /logs directory. If you (or your customers) are receiving errors or whitescreens, then a myDEBUG*.log file will contain the details of the cause.

The order assignment needs to happen before the statement that contains the name assignment, not inside the statement. ```php
//modification for Japanese name order
if ($_SESSION['languages_id'] == '7') {
$customers_name_order = $this->customer['lastname'] . ' ' . $this->customer['firstname'];
} else {
$customers_name_order = $this->customer['firstname'] . ' ' . $this->customer['lastname'];
}

$sql_data_array = array('customers_id' => $_SESSION['customer_id'],
'customers_name' => $customers_name_order,
'customers_company' => $this->customer['company'],

You also need to use the session variable $_SESSION['languages_id'].