I am writing a custom shipping rates module, and I can’t seem to figure out how to get the estimate shipping zipcode… I know how to get the zipcode once the order has been created, but not for the estimate shipping portion of the checkout process
Any input is greatly appreciated!
Jeff
Whole information about the customer's cart is kept in Mage_Sales_Model_Quote model until placing an order. So you can get the Shipping Address model from the Quote. And from Shipping Address model you can get the zip code, which is called a 'post code' there. Thus, the only thing you initially need is to get Quote for the customer.
The Quote can be got in different ways:
loaded from DB by its id or by any other attribute
received from the Checkout session
received from the Checkout Cart model
The most general way is to get Quote by loading it from DB - this can be done in all the Magento workflows and areas (API, frontend, backend, etc.).
But for your case the most straightforward way is to get Quote from Checkout Cart model, as you don't need to know Quote id for it - at frontend Magento loads Cart with appropriate customer data automatically.
/** #var $cart Mage_Checkout_Model_Cart */
$cart = Mage::getSingleton('checkout/cart');
$quote = $cart->getQuote();
$shippingAddress = $quote->getShippingAddress();
$zip = $shippingAddress->getPostcode();
To get a little more understanding, why the Checkout Cart is used in this approach: the Checkout module manages the whole checkout process at frontend. It processes composing cart, viewing it, going through checkout steps and placing an order. Checkout module also stores the customer's quote model in its Cart model. While Quote stores whole information and can be used everywhere to manipulate customer's cart, the Cart model is just a temporary service model to aid Checkout module in fulfilling its duty, and it can be used at frontend for current customer.
you can do something like:
Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session')->getQuote()->getShippingAddress()->getPostcode();
//or
Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session')->getQuote()->getBillingAddress()->getPostcode();
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I'm trying to follow a tutorial I found on youtube using bumbummen99's shopping cart package about storing instances into the database, but I'm getting an error that it can't store the cart using the same identifier.
Here's the code when I'm storing the instance:
public function render()
...
if(Auth::check()){
Cart::instance('cart')->store(Auth::user()->id);
}
Since the instance is getting stored before I can add a product to the cart, it doesn't save the product inside the cart after logging out.
With the fact i have only minor experiences with persistent shopping carts, i found it weird it didn't have an update() method.
In your case, i would assume you should erase() the cart before saving it again, to ensure the correct cart is in the database.
Cart::instance('cart')->erase(Auth::user()->id);
Cart::instance('cart')->store(Auth::user()->id);
In general saving the cart seems like a challenge, i would assume the best practice is to save on logouts, as the session will persist and this should not be done in context of render calls. Or with a button to actually save the state of the cart for later.
Am creating a module to add an additional payment system to Magento after creating the module. It is appearing in the admin panel and I have enabled it, but it is showing no payment method.
So payment methods are shown on the checkout page after they pass the function Mage_Checkout_Block_Onepage_Payment_Methods::_canUseMethod now this function basically checks if the method itself is setup and if it is valid against the current quote via two calls.
The payment methods own function canUseCheckout. Now since you are creating your own method I dont know what you function here looks like but I guess it would not be too complex to debug by yourself.
The payment forms Mage_Payment_Block_Form_Container::_canUseMethod. Now what this function does is check the payment method against the country, currency and quote total.
With the following
return $method->isApplicableToQuote($this->getQuote(), Mage_Payment_Model_Method_Abstract::CHECK_USE_FOR_COUNTRY
| Mage_Payment_Model_Method_Abstract::CHECK_USE_FOR_CURRENCY
| Mage_Payment_Model_Method_Abstract::CHECK_ORDER_TOTAL_MIN_MAX
);
Now if your payment method does not override anything here then it simply checks the config values of min_order_total, max_order_total, specificcountry and if you have any special currency checks.
i've a problem with paypal integration in magento.
If i choose paypal standard payment and confirm order, i'm correctly redirect to paypal site for payment, but if i press back button on the browser i am redirected in /checkout/cart (that is empty) and in my backend my order was placed and in PENDING status (it's not shown in customers order list)...
This happens because the order were placed before payment processing...
In OnepageController.php saveOrderAction method i can see
$this->getOnepage()->getQuote()->save();
/**
* when there is redirect to third party, we don't want to save order yet.
* we will save the order in return action.
*/
if (isset($redirectUrl)) {
$result['redirect'] = $redirectUrl;
}
What does it mean? It is exactly what i want "Don't want to save order yet....", unfortunatly few rows before...
$this->getOnepage()->saveOrder();
$redirectUrl = $this->getOnepage()->getCheckout()->getRedirectUrl();
And the order were already placed....
I hate editing core file, but i've tried to comment the line above, but an exception shows me that order information are used inside paypal module itself (Standard.php file method getStandardCheckoutFormFields). So i can't modify core file easily....
What am I missing?
Thanks a lot and excuse me for my bad english.
You can use for this purpose PayPal express checkout. It works the way you want.
I'm dealing with exactly same problem as you were.
For now i'm thinking of rewriting onePage Model and saveOrder action in my module.
What Im thinking of is to remove part where session is cleared and make an event to observer after receive payment method response.
No idea if it'll work but well.
i am trying to enable shipping method, update the shipping costs and enable payment methods based on a condition through an observer. I was able to add a field to the checkout page to check for the condition but i am not sure how do i enable/disable shipping methods and payment methods and update the shipping costs? Could some one provide a code snippet to perform this or point me in the right direction? Thanks.
You can override the shipping and payment methods isAvailable() or isActive() methods to meet your conditions and show the availability or change the price of shipping method. If you need to add a payment method fee then you need to implement a total object for a payment method.
However in checkout/onepage the process is address > shipping > payment and if you change your conditions on last step then you ideally need a user confirmation to change the choices he has made in previous steps.
I'm implementing a custom FedEx integration solution for a Magento site. Part of this is to add a signature requirement checkbox in the onepage checkout, and add $3 if this is checked. Unfortunately it seems that the FedEx Rate Web Service doesn't take any parameter regarding signature requirements, so I must manually add this cost to the order.
I was thinking about taking one of these two approaches, but I'm not sure will be best nor am I sure how to actually accomplish it:
Add $3 to whatever price FedEx returns
Create a new line item for this
Assuming that I have a handle on the $order, which solution would be best and how would I do it?
The code should run inside an observer method which is called by the checkout_controller_onepage_save_shipping_method event, which is triggered immediately after $this->getOnepage()->saveShippingMethod($data);. This means I can't add $3 when the FedEx API returns a result, as I won't know if the checkbox is checked until afterwards.
I came up with a solution; it's not the best but it works perfectly fine for me:
Magento fires an event when saving the shipping info. I grab the POST data and save it in the db as well as the address object.
If the checkbox has changed, have it reload that same tab instead of moving onto the payment step.
In the shipping quote, check the address object for the checkbox value. If set, add a certain amount to the quote result.