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Different shipping rates dependent on Post (Zip) Code

Thread begun 5/08/2012 8:53 am by martin400112 | Last modified 5/09/2012 7:41 am by Jason Byrnes | 1102 views | 3 replies |

martin400112

Different shipping rates dependent on Post (Zip) Code

Hi everyone,

I have a client who wishes to be able to have a different shipping rate to certain post codes in the UK where the code begins with (for example) IM, or GU or something like that.

Is there a way that this can be done in eCart? I can make it so the shipping rate changes if the post code equals a given variable (I think), but how about beginning with two letters as described above...?

Many thanks,

Martin

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

on the confirm page, there will be the following code to set a session containing the shipping post code that was entered:

php:
<?php


if (!session_id()) session_start();
if(
$_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")     {
  
$_SESSION["eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_postcode"] = "".((isset($_POST["shipping_postcode"]))?$_POST["shipping_postcode"]:"")  ."";
}
?>



add the following code after it to set a session variable named "postCodeBegins" with the first 2 characters of the entered post code

php:
<?php

if(isset($_SESSION["eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_postcode"]) && $_SESSION["eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_postcode"] != "") {
    
$_SESSION['postCodeBegins'] = substr($_SESSION["eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_postcode"],0,2);
}
?>




then you can use the trigger:
Based on session variable value:
if the session variable "postCodeBegins" is "=" a value of "IM"

for your shipping rule

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martin400112

Hi Jason,

That's great. Thank you.

Have added the code as instructed and it works just fine **but** in order for the new shipping rate to be calculated correctly on confirm.php, I have to refresh the page before the additional amount is added.

1 - View Cart
2 - Checkout and add address details with an 'IM' post code.
3 - confirm.php shows standard shipping rate
4 - Refresh the confirm.php page
5 - confirm.php now shows the correct shipping rate.

Any ideas how I can make the page show the correct rate on it's first load?

Thanks again,

Martin

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

near the top of the confirm page, there will be a line that looks like this:

php:
<?php

$cartName
->GetContent();
?>



where cartName is the name of your eCart object.

copy that code block and paste it again just before the doctype tag.

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