cart ID

-- HikaShop version -- : 3.2.5
-- Joomla version -- : 3.3.6
-- PHP version -- : 5.3.29

Hi,

I amusing Hiakshop as a B2B catelogue. My customers do not want to log in, but do desire to ask me questions about items in their cart. The also want to show their cart to others.

So, for an anonymous persistent cart:

1. Is there a way to display the cart ID? Could I do this in checkout/cart.php or would I have to write a plugin?

2. If the cart ID is available, is there a way for me to display a cart (on the front end) using the cart ID? How best could this be done (component, plugin, altering the cart view? If the cart cannot be displayed on the front end, what other alternatives might I investigate. I could mail the cart to someone. Are there other alternatives to share a guest/anonymous cart?

Thanks,

Dennis

Hi,

You could potentially use the wishlist function.
This allow to have kind of cart and share them with anybody, or only users having the link.

The only condition is to be logged in to create a wishlist, then the other users cab be logged in or not.

Xavier,

Sorry, as noted above, login is not an option for me. My customers do not want to log in. Can you address my two questions please.

Dennis

Hi Nicolas,

Item 1 solved... thank you... it works just fine.

For item 2, I am looking for a way to display the cart (the products within a cart) given a cart_id, not using the cart_id from the current session... that is, not from the current cart but rather based entirely on a cart_id. How best could this be done (component, plugin, altering the product/cart view?)

If given a cart_id, a cart cannot be displayed on the front end, what other alternatives might I investigate that would allow me to show the contents of a cart to someone who is not logged in and not the owner of the cart? I guess I could email the contents of the cart to them.... that would be one way to show it to someone. But I am more interested in knowing if there any Hikashop alternatives?

Thanks so much,

Dennis

Jerome,

Thanks for the prompt reply... especially on a weekend.

For me, the loadCart function does not return the list of products within the cart... here is what I get:

object(stdClass)#1292 (10) {
  ["cart_id"]=>   string(2) "79"
  ["user_id"]=>   string(1) "0"
  ["session_id"]=>   string(32) "fc3d2524b62ec8c676771f4cfea2aefc"
  ["cart_modified"]=>   string(10) "1426959722"
  ["cart_coupon"]=>   string(0) ""
  ["cart_type"]=>   string(4) "cart"
  ["cart_current"]=>   string(1) "0"
  ["cart_share"]=>   string(6) "nobody"
  ["cart_name"]=>   string(0) ""
  ["cart_params"]=>   string(0) ""
}

Nicolas,
This helped me quite a bit... thank you. I can now save a cart and pass it to others to view. I had to also use the product class to get information on the products within the cart. Here is what I ended up with:

// display a cart given a cart ID 
	$cart_id = JRequest::getInt('id',''); 				// 0 or a cart ID
	$cartClass = hikashop_get('class.cart');
	$productClass = hikashop_get('class.product');
	$cartData = $cartClass->get($cart_id); 			// if 0 then the current (the cart of the owner) cart is returned...  
	foreach($cartData as $row): 
		$showCartID = array((int)$row->cart_id); 	// regardless, get the ID of the cart we are working with
		$showCartID = $showCartID[0];
	endforeach;

	// BEGIN DISPLAY CART ROW 
	foreach($cartData as $row): 
	?>
	<div class="row-fluid cart-item row<?php echo ($row->product_id); ?> ">
		<?php
		$productData = $productClass->get($row->product_id); 
		$productsInCart = array((int)$row->product_id);
		$productClass->getProducts($productsInCart);
		// PRODUCT CODE AND NAME START *************************
		?>
		<div class="span4 hikashop_cart_product_name_value">
			<?php	
			$productData = $productClass->get($row->product_id);
			$productClass = hikashop_get('class.product');
			echo("<h4>" . $productData->product_code."</h4>");
			echo("<span>" . $productData->product_name."</span>");
			?>
		</div><!-- span4 hikashop_cart_product_name_value  -->
		<?php
		// PRODUCT CODE AND NAME END   *************************
	</div><!-- row-fluid cart-item row -->		
<?php		
	endforeach;	
	// END DISPLAY CART ROW 
?>
</div><!-- hikashop_checkout_cart_display -->

Hi,

Well, all is working quite well... I am sending my cart ID to others and they can see my cart just fine using the above code (thank you) inserted into the cart.php view..

Then I send my cart to my customer... and it does not work.

What I discovered is that the cart controller will not execute my (moified) cart view unless there is a "local" cart... so what this means for me is that I cannot show my cart to someone who does not have a cart of their own. So I cannot share my cart with someone unless they have their own cart... they cannot use my modified cart.php view to see my cart unless they have their own cart.

Is there any way to fix this? Is there any way (aside from modifying the controller code) to have my cart.php view executed for a person who has no cart of their own?

Dennis

Hi Jerome,

Yes... the checkout controller. (my mistake).

Dennis

Regarding the step function... can you give me some guidance as to how and where to start.

Nicolas,

Thanks for your help... the above works for me.
I hope that you will consider making this an option in a future release. For a B2B application like mine it helps to easily allow my colleagues to see my cart (at their computer).

Thanks again,

Dennis