php code problem in custom template

[priscila]

I want add php code in header & footer in my shopping cart custom template. I used the following code for including those header & footer ( both are php files ).

<tr>
<td>
[-- ShoppingCartHeader --]
[-- INCLUDE ss_header.php --]
</td>
</tr>
.
..
...
<tr>
<td>
[-- ShoppingCartFooter --]
[-- INCLUDE ss_footer.php --]
</td>
</tr>

Suppose , those php files have :
<?php
$menu="test";
echo $menu;
?>

But the problem is, the output is :
<?php
$menu="test";
echo $menu;
?>
with php tags , not the value test.

Is there any solution? Can't I use php code in my custom template ?

[Jim]

I don't know anything about php but there have been a number of posts to the forum showing how to use php in ShopSite. Do a search (top center of screen under ShopSite Forums title) for php and you will find a number of hits. Here is one that has some php code that supposedly works http://support.shopsite.com/forums/view ... hlight=php

[JeremeD]

Priscilla,

It's not working because the cart runs on CGI. It may be possible to use PHP in CGI files but you would have to contact your host and ask them if they would make the necessary configuration changes for you. It's best just to assume that you cannot use PHP code in the cart.

What are you trying to do exactly? If you're just trying to include a menu as in your example, the ShopSite includes would be more than sufficient for that. http://shopsite.com/help/9.0/en-US/sc/p ... clude.html

[priscila]

I am using 1 store both for wholesale & retail customer. All products are duplicate except their price for that. I want to use different header - footer for wholesale & retail customer. Problem is as I can't use 2 shopping cart custom template at a time , so how can I change the header-footer & show 2 different header-footer for wholesale & retail customer ?

[JeremeD]

I cannot think of a way to show two distinct headers on the cart screens. If I come up with something I'll post back here. Maybe someone else will have an idea for you.

[loren_d_c]

How would your PHP code determine what header/footer to display? I would assume by reading a cookie placed in the shopper's browser that indicates whether they are 'wholesale' or 'retail' shoppers. If this is the case, then perhaps you could use JavaScript instead, because you can also read/set cookies via JavaScript.

-Loren

[mokele]

Since Shopping Cart is a CGI program you can't use PHP directly within the Shopping Cart template, but you could possibly use a CALL tag that could import a different header and footer. You'd have to pass a variable to select which header or footer you wanted. The program you call can be Perl or PHP. With PHP, the PHP Command Line Interface (CLI) must be installed on the server. I've used PHP as a CALL program to output HTML but have not used it to try switching headers and footers. So something like

Code: Select all

[-- CALL getHeader.php("Wholesale") --]


then the PHP program would give you the wholesale header.

You might be able to use the VAR variable with the Includes in custom templates, not sure if would work you'd just have to try, but it would look something like this:

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[-- VAR.ClientType "Wholesale" --]

[-- IF  VAR.ClientType "Wholesale" --]
[-- INCLUDE ss_header_wholesale --]
[-- END IF --]

[-- IF  VAR.ClientType "Retail" --]
[-- INCLUDE ss_header_retail --]
[-- END IF --]


[priscila]

I m using ShopSite's custom template for shopping cart & customer registration. Other pages of my site is simple php page. So, where should I include this code :
[-- CALL getHeader.php("Wholesale") --]

Plz make me clear.

-Priscila