So looks like the code initially determines if the module is active or inactive based on the admin setting (Which in this case will be date related), then if other criteria are "met" the module is deactivated, such as too large of a weight, etc... See below with the colored text based on the criteria provided for day of week. Including time would be possible as well.. There still is the "issue" of how it is desired to handle say someone initiating the purchase at 2359 on Thursday night, but not getting to the final purchase until 0000+ the next day. If it is considered acceptable to have the purchase started but not completed until after that midnight cutoff, then a $_SESSION[] variable could be used as a standin that would expire with logout/timeout...
schoolboy:
Thanks for the reply - and the various cautions.
To keep it relatively simple, and not specify a time of day (in addition to the day concerned), the following configuration is acceptable - being the day of the week only:
MODULE ACTIVE: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
MODULE INACTIVE: Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The module is out of "Big Royal Mail". The relevant code seems to be:
<?php
/*
GPL released as part of the big_royalmail_v2.3 package
see CREDITS.txt for the contributors and support forum.
*/
class specialdelivery {
var $code, $title, $description, $enabled, $num_zones, $dayofweek ;
// class constructor
function specialdelivery() {
global $order, $total_weight, $messageStack ;
$this->version = '2.3.8';
$this->code = 'specialdelivery';
$this->title = ( (defined('IS_ADMIN_FLAG') && IS_ADMIN_FLAG == true) ?
@constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_TEXT_TITLE'). ' <b style="color:#ff4000">ver. '.$this->version.'</b>' : constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_TEXT_TITLE') );
$this->description =
@constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_TEXT_DESCRIPTION');
$this->sort_order =
@constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_SORT_ORDER');
$this->icon = (( defined('DIR_WS_ICONS') ? DIR_WS_ICONS : 'images/icons/' ) . 'shipping_sdnd.gif');
$this->tax_class =
@constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_TAX_CLASS');
$this->dayofweek = date('N'); //mc12345678 added to use a single day-of-week value. 1= Monday, 7 = Sunday. if desired to instead use a session situation, then in addition to this line uncomment below:
// if (isset($_SESSION['big_royal_day_of_week']) && $_SESSION['big_royal_day_of_week'] != '') {
// $this->dayofweek = (int)$_SESSION['big_royal_day_of_week'];
// } else {
// $_SESSION['big_royal_day_of_week'] = $this->dayofweek;
// }
$this->enabled = ($this->dayofweek >= 1 && $this->dayofweek <= 4) ? true : false; //mc12345678 15-06-30 following code is commented out to support date specific activation: @constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_STATUS') == 'True' ? true : false;
// CUSTOMIZE THIS SETTING FOR THE NUMBER OF ZONES NEEDED
$this->num_zones = 1;
// inspired by Jim Barrington (JollyJim)
if( isset($order) &&
@constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_HIDE_SHIPPING_ERRORS') == 'True' ){
switch(isset($order->info['subtotal'])){
case true:
if( $order->info['subtotal'] <
@constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_MIN_ORDERVALUE')){
$this->enabled = false;
return ;
}else
if(MODULE_SHIPPING_SPECIALDELIVERY_MAX_ORDERVALUE != -1 && $order->info['subtotal'] >
@constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_MAX_ORDERVALUE')){
$this->enabled = false;
return ;
}
break;
case false:
if($order->info['total'] <
@constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_MIN_ORDERVALUE')){
$this->enabled = false;
return ;
}else
if(MODULE_SHIPPING_SPECIALDELIVERY_MAX_ORDERVALUE != -1 && $order->info['total'] >
@constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_'.(strtoupper($this->code)).'_MAX_ORDERVALUE')){
$this->enabled = false;
return ;
}
break;
} // end of switch on subtotal
// check that it is a valid country being shipped to.
$dest_country = $order->delivery['country']['iso_code_2'];
$dest_zone = 0;
for ($i=1; $i<=$this->num_zones; $i++) {
$countries_table = constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_SPECIALDELIVERY_ZONES_COUNTRIES_' . $i);
$country_zones = preg_split("/,/", preg_replace('/\s*/','',$countries_table) );
if (in_array($dest_country, $country_zones)) {
$dest_zone = $i;
break;
}
}
// ship to country is invalid for this service
if ($dest_zone == 0) {
$this->enabled = false;
return ;
}else{
$this->enabled = false; // enabled set to true if valid shipping weight found
$zones_cost = constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_SPECIALDELIVERY_ZONES_COST0_' . $dest_zone)
. ',' . constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_SPECIALDELIVERY_ZONES_COST1_' . $dest_zone)
. ',' . constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_SPECIALDELIVERY_ZONES_COST2_' . $dest_zone)
. ',' . constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_SPECIALDELIVERY_ZONES_COST3_' . $dest_zone)
. ',' . constant('MODULE_SHIPPING_SPECIALDELIVERY_ZONES_COST4_' . $dest_zone);
$zones_table = preg_split("/[:,]/" , preg_replace('/\s*/', '', $zones_cost) );
$size = sizeof($zones_table);
for ($i=0; $i<$size; $i+=2) {
if ($total_weight <= $zones_table[$i]) {
$this->enabled = true;
break;
}
} // end of looping through
return ;
} // end of valid country
} // end of if hide invalid shipping methods is set
}
```
