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few random questions

Thread began 2/12/2013 3:24 am by Christopher West | Last modified 2/13/2013 10:23 am by Jason Byrnes | 1297 views | 4 replies |

Christopher WestCommunity Expert

few random questions

Hi. Im just tidying my website. so just a few questions of the top of my head I need help with.

1. im using FLOAT to store numbers (percentages and pricing for my ecommerce site). on the product pages if I have a price of £1.80 stored in the database when displaying it shows as £1.8 so how can I change the code to display that ending zero:
<?php echo WA_eCart_DisplayMoney($DinkyCart, $DinkyCart->DisplayInfo("TotalPrice")); ?>

the same goes for percentages, in order to get the percentages calculation to work I have to store the percentage value as 0.10 but in the admin page it shows as 0.1% is there a quick way to shows this as just 10% (even though its required to be stored in the database as 0.10)?

2. On my checkout page I have a select box for shipping delivery types (standard, recorded, special delivery). The shipping system works fine, but I dont want to display a partcular delivery type in the select box (standard) If there a way of not displaying this option in the select box? its of course still required in the calculations and needs to be stored in the the database the same was as the other delivery types...i just dont want the customer to select it.

3. If I have some content stored in the database (for example lets say 2000 characters) but I only want to display the first 100 characters...how would I go about this?

Chris

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

1) Use the number format function to force the trailing 0 to display:
function.number-format.php

to show a decimal as a percentage, multiply it by 100, then concatenate the percentage sign:

php:
<?php echo((0.10*100)."%"); ?>



2) I dont fully understand the question you are asking. If you don't show the standard delivery option in the select list, it wont be able to be used as an option for shipping.

3) use the substr() function:
function.substr.php

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DarylBeta Tester

3) Try watching this video

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Christopher WestCommunity Expert

Originally Said By: designerwest
  2. On my checkout page I have a select box for shipping delivery types (standard, recorded, special delivery). The shipping system works fine, but I dont want to display a partcular delivery type in the select box (standard) If there a way of not displaying this option in the select box? its of course still required in the calculations and needs to be stored in the the database the same was as the other delivery types...i just dont want the customer to select it.  



Jason I totally explained myself wrong. The idea that I want to accomplish is having Standard, Recorded and Special Delivery all stored in the database, These are used for UK shipping rates based on weight also International is based on Standard shipping/weight. So for UK customers they can chose recorded or special delivery (standard delivery will ONLY be used for small items like gift vouchers or the cheapest items). Everything works in terms of the correct delivery price being calculated depending on country and weight...but it looks a bit messy if in the select box "standard delivery" is showing as an option when it wont apply to items thats shouldnt be send using that delivery method.

on a side note, I just realised the customer wont know they delivery charge until the checkout page posts to paypal. is there a way of displaying the delivery cost based on country and weight on the same page of the select boxes that the customer needs to select for shipping to be calculated?

Chris

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

both of these would require hand coding to accomplish.

you would need to code an if statement around the standard delivery option so it only displays if it needs to.

same for showing the shipping price, you would need to code the look up form to perform the look without posting to paypal, then have a final checkout button that sends the order to paypal.

we can help you implement these options in a premiere support appointment.

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