dynamic discount codes

11/16/2010 6:53 am | #1 rob75685

hi there

I've followed the following instructions carefully, but none of my dynamic codes work...

I've attached my files, if you could have a look please that would be great

many thanks

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Originally Posted by Jason Byrnes
First off, you should follow the solution recipe for static coupon codes to get coupon codes working. That tutorial can be found In the Solution Recipes section of the eCart Support Page titled "Creating a Coupon system for your eCart store":
ecart/

To convert that to be database driven:

1) Create a table in your database to hold the coupon codes. it should have a structure similar to:
couuponID - Auto Number, Primary key Column.
couponCode - varchar
couponAmount - double

To add a coupon code of "test" that will give a 10% discount, you would create the follwoing record:
couponID | couponCode | couponAmount
1 | test | 0.10

2) Next is to add a recordset to the page to lookup the coupon amount based on the code the user enters.

On the server behaviors panel, click the plus button and select Recordset. In Simple view, set the record set to use the coupon table we created. Set the name of the recordset to "rsCoupon" In the Filtering Section, set it to filter the couponCode column Equal to the Form Variable txtPromoCode, this is name of the text box created in the coupon code system tutorial.

3) Now we need to create another session variable to hold the discount amount. On the server behaviors panel, click the plus button and select eCart -> General -> Set Session Value. Set the trigger to "recordset rsCoupon Not Empty". Set the name of the session variable to "PromoAmount". Click the lightning bolt next to value, expand the rsCoupon recordset and select the couponAmount column.

4) The PromoCode session variable needs to be modified as well. Set the trigger to "recordset rsCoupon Not Empty" so it will only get set if the promcode sexists in the database.

5) The last step is to modify the Promotional Discount rule in eCart. Remove the "If Session variable == WebAssist" triger.

Add a new trigger "Session variable exists "PromoCode""

Add another trigger "Session variable exists "PromoAmount""

Then Modify the charge rule "Bases on Cart SubTotal "Times" "$_SESSION['PromoAmount']"

so that the discount will use the value stored in the session variable from the database.

11/16/2010 7:05 am | #2 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

the first issue I see that needs to be corrected is that the code for setting the session variables is before the code for the recordset.

the session variables use recordet values, so need to be created after the recordset.

change the code at line 8 - 60:

php:

<?php

if (!session_id()) session_start();

if(!($totalRows_rsCoupon == 0))     {

  $_SESSION["PromoCode"] = "".((isset($_POST["txtPromoCode"]))?$_POST["txtPromoCode"]:"")  ."";

}

?>

<?php

if (!session_id()) session_start();

if(!($totalRows_rsCoupon == 0))     {

  $_SESSION["PromoAmount"] = "".$row_rsCoupon['couponAmount']  ."";

}

?>

<?php



if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {

function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "") 

{

  $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;



  $theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);



  switch ($theType) {

    case "text":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";

      break;    

    case "long":

    case "int":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";

      break;

    case "double":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) . "'" : "NULL";

      break;

    case "date":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";

      break;

    case "defined":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;

      break;

  }

  return $theValue;

}

}



$colname_rsCoupon = "-1";

if (isset($_POST['txtPromoCode'])) {

  $colname_rsCoupon = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_POST['txtPromoCode'] : addslashes($_POST['txtPromoCode']);

}

mysql_select_db($database_hellolittleone, $hellolittleone);

$query_rsCoupon = sprintf("SELECT * FROM coupons WHERE couponCode = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsCoupon, "text"));

$rsCoupon = mysql_query($query_rsCoupon, $hellolittleone) or die(mysql_error());

$row_rsCoupon = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsCoupon);

$totalRows_rsCoupon = mysql_num_rows($rsCoupon);

?>

to:

php:

<?php



if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {

function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "") 

{

  $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;



  $theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);



  switch ($theType) {

    case "text":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";

      break;    

    case "long":

    case "int":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";

      break;

    case "double":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) . "'" : "NULL";

      break;

    case "date":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";

      break;

    case "defined":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;

      break;

  }

  return $theValue;

}

}



$colname_rsCoupon = "-1";

if (isset($_POST['txtPromoCode'])) {

  $colname_rsCoupon = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_POST['txtPromoCode'] : addslashes($_POST['txtPromoCode']);

}

mysql_select_db($database_hellolittleone, $hellolittleone);

$query_rsCoupon = sprintf("SELECT * FROM coupons WHERE couponCode = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsCoupon, "text"));

$rsCoupon = mysql_query($query_rsCoupon, $hellolittleone) or die(mysql_error());

$row_rsCoupon = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsCoupon);

$totalRows_rsCoupon = mysql_num_rows($rsCoupon);

?>

<?php

if (!session_id()) session_start();

if(!($totalRows_rsCoupon == 0))     {

  $_SESSION["PromoCode"] = "".((isset($_POST["txtPromoCode"]))?$_POST["txtPromoCode"]:"")  ."";

}

?>

<?php

if (!session_id()) session_start();

if(!($totalRows_rsCoupon == 0))     {

  $_SESSION["PromoAmount"] = "".$row_rsCoupon['couponAmount']  ."";

}

?>

so the sessions will be created after the recordset.

11/16/2010 7:28 am | #3 rob75685

hi Jason

Thanks very much for your quick reply

That works thank you - but there are a couple of minor issues now:

1. The Discount row doesn't appear in the cart, even though the correct discount is applied to the total

2. Whatever happens I can't clear the discount.. even if I remove it from the database and add something else to the cart the discount is still applying...

many thanks

11/16/2010 8:21 am | #5 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

when you created the cart display, did you include the discounts line?

In the cart display manager, the third page allows you to set whether discounts, tax, shipping are displayed, make sure to set discounts to either Summary or individually.

11/16/2010 8:39 am | #6 rob75685

Yes I think so - but before adding the dynamic coupons the discount used to appear once I entered the code.. but now it doesn't

I've just added it manually so it's there all the time - is that how it should be now ?

thanks

11/17/2010 12:48 pm | #9 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

change:

php:

<?php

//WA eCart Merchandizing Show Start

//ecart="eCart1"

if ($eCart1->GetDiscounts() > 0)     {

?>

            <?php

//WA eCart Merchandizing Show End

//ecart="eCart1"

}

?>

to:

php:

<?php

//WA eCart Merchandizing Show Start

//ecart="eCart1"

if ($eCart1->GetDiscounts() > 0)     {

?>

<tr>

              <td class="eC_SummaryLabel">Shipping</td>

              <td>£<?php echo WA_eCart_DisplayMoney($eCart1, $eCart1->GetDiscounts()); ?></td>

            </tr>

            <?php

//WA eCart Merchandizing Show End

//ecart="eCart1"

}

?>

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11/16/2010 6:53 am | #1 rob75685