Help pls !! customize shipping cost

[desmond_ckl]

Hi there, I would like to customize $shippingCost in my shopping cart. I follow a tutorial from:

http://www.phpwebcommerce.com/plaincart/index.php

 

This tutorial using flat shipping rate, how to customize shippingCost based on the product weight ? 

 

Example: shipping method will based on weight & place within Malaysia:

 

west malaysia, up to 1kg = rm9

east malaysia, up to 1kg = rm12

 

west malaysia, up to 2kg = rm12

east malaysia, up to 2kg = rm16

 

west malaysia, up to 5kg = rm18

east malaysia, up to 5kg = rm32

 

west malaysia, up to 10kg = rm24

east malaysia, up to 10kg = rm48

 

 

Do i need to create a new field inside my database for product weight ? is it $weight * $product_quantity ?  Does anyone know how to accomplish this customization? . Please help because I am very confuse. Thank you in advanced 

 

 

checkout-functions.php:

 

<?php
require_once 'config.php';

/*********************************************************
*                 CHECKOUT FUNCTIONS 
*********************************************************/
function saveOrder()
{
$orderId       = 0;
$shippingCost  = 5;
$requiredField = array('hidShippingFirstName', 'hidShippingLastName', 'hidShippingAddress1', 'hidShippingCity', 'hidShippingPostalCode',
					   'hidPaymentFirstName', 'hidPaymentLastName', 'hidPaymentAddress1', 'hidPaymentCity', 'hidPaymentPostalCode');
					   
if (checkRequiredPost($requiredField)) {
    extract($_POST);

	// make sure the first character in the 
	// customer and city name are properly upper cased
	$hidShippingFirstName = ucwords($hidShippingFirstName);
	$hidShippingLastName  = ucwords($hidShippingLastName);
	$hidPaymentFirstName  = ucwords($hidPaymentFirstName);
	$hidPaymentLastName   = ucwords($hidPaymentLastName);
	$hidShippingCity      = ucwords($hidShippingCity);
	$hidPaymentCity       = ucwords($hidPaymentCity);

	$cartContent = getCartContent();
	$numItem     = count($cartContent);

	// save order & get order id
	$sql = "INSERT INTO tbl_order(od_date, od_last_update, od_shipping_first_name, od_shipping_last_name, od_shipping_address1, 
	                              od_shipping_address2, od_shipping_phone, od_shipping_state, od_shipping_city, od_shipping_postal_code, od_shipping_cost,
                                      od_payment_first_name, od_payment_last_name, od_payment_address1, od_payment_address2, 
								  od_payment_phone, od_payment_state, od_payment_city, od_payment_postal_code)
                VALUES (NOW(), NOW(), '$hidShippingFirstName', '$hidShippingLastName', '$hidShippingAddress1', 
			        '$hidShippingAddress2', '$hidShippingPhone', '$hidShippingState', '$hidShippingCity', '$hidShippingPostalCode', '$shippingCost',
					'$hidPaymentFirstName', '$hidPaymentLastName', '$hidPaymentAddress1', 
					'$hidPaymentAddress2', '$hidPaymentPhone', '$hidPaymentState', '$hidPaymentCity', '$hidPaymentPostalCode')";
	$result = dbQuery($sql);

	// get the order id
	$orderId = dbInsertId();

	if ($orderId) {
		// save order items
		for ($i = 0; $i < $numItem; $i++) {
			$sql = "INSERT INTO tbl_order_item(od_id, pd_id, od_qty)
					VALUES ($orderId, {$cartContent[$i]['pd_id']}, {$cartContent[$i]['ct_qty']})";
			$result = dbQuery($sql);					
		}


		// update product stock
		for ($i = 0; $i < $numItem; $i++) {
			$sql = "UPDATE tbl_product 
			        SET pd_qty = pd_qty - {$cartContent[$i]['ct_qty']}
					WHERE pd_id = {$cartContent[$i]['pd_id']}";
			$result = dbQuery($sql);					
		}


		// then remove the ordered items from cart
		for ($i = 0; $i < $numItem; $i++) {
			$sql = "DELETE FROM tbl_cart
			        WHERE ct_id = {$cartContent[$i]['ct_id']}";
			$result = dbQuery($sql);					
		}							
	}					
}

return $orderId;
}

/*
Get order total amount ( total purchase + shipping cost )
*/
function getOrderAmount($orderId)
{
$orderAmount = 0;

$sql = "SELECT SUM(pd_price * od_qty)
        FROM tbl_order_item oi, tbl_product p 
	    WHERE oi.pd_id = p.pd_id and oi.od_id = $orderId

		UNION

		SELECT od_shipping_cost 
		FROM tbl_order
		WHERE od_id = $orderId";
$result = dbQuery($sql);

if (dbNumRows($result) == 2) {
	$row = dbFetchRow($result);
	$totalPurchase = $row[0];

	$row = dbFetchRow($result);
	$shippingCost = $row[0];

	$orderAmount = $totalPurchase + $shippingCost;
}	

return $orderAmount;	
}

?>

 

 

any help will be greatly appreciated 

 

 

 

[xyph]

You have the right idea, of putting a weight in the database.

 

You would then multiply it by quantity and use if/elseif or a switch statement to get the shipping cost from that.