Thanks, mauryg - this worked perfectly.
Reviving a pretty old thread, maybe, but I wanted to acknowledge that it definitely worked, and I'm certainly grateful! ;)
mauryg:
If you want to hide the telephone number field altogether, there is a 'Hide Telephone Number' mod from econcepts which works. It will also let you have it show and be optional.
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=495
If you want to do something yourself:
- The language which controls the display of the telephone number field is in includes/templates/templatedefault/templates/tpl_modules_create_account.php ( or in includes/templates/YOURTEMPLATE/templates/tpl_modules_create_account.php if you use a custom template). ```
<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo TABLE_HEADING_PHONE_FAX_DETAILS; ?></legend>
<label class="inputLabel" for="telephone"><?php echo ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('telephone', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_CUSTOMERS, 'customers_telephone', '40') . ' id="telephone"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<?php
if (ACCOUNT_FAX_NUMBER == 'true') {
?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<label class="inputLabel" for="fax"><?php echo ENTRY_FAX_NUMBER; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('fax', '', 'id="fax"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_FAX_NUMBER_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_FAX_NUMBER_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<?php
}
?>
</fieldset>
```You can comment it out to remove the field. Then,
> 2. The code that checks for the correct number of digits being entered and 'makes' the field required by popping up the error is in includes/modules/create_account.php (around line 230). ```
if (strlen($telephone) < ENTRY_TELEPHONE_MIN_LENGTH) {
$error = true;
$messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_ERROR);
}
```If you comment that out, it won't check for the error.
> 3. The code that puts the little red * next to the phone number field is in includes/languages/english.php (or in includes/languages/YOURTEMPLATE/english.php). Change ```
define('ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_TEXT', '*');
``` to ```
define('ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_TEXT', '');
```
> Hope this helps.
