Magento 1.9 Custom Shipping – Get State from Address in OneStepCheckout

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So we are running Magento CE 1.9.0.1 and are mid-way through developing a custom shipping module as we have largely different shipping costs than the traditional shipping can cover. We are also using a OneStepCheckout plugin for the checkout process.

OneStepCheckout plugin: http://www.mage-world.com/magento-one-step-checkout-extension.html

Custom shipping module: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/01/create-custom-shipping-methods-magento/

We need to be able to detect the state that the user (customer) is shipping to as we need to charge extra for shipping to Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. We also have some additional logic in the shipping module that detects $100 and day of the week, all of which work well.

So in the shipping module:

/app/code/local/CustomShipping/MyCarrier/Model/Carrier.php

We access the cart total like this:

$cartTotal = Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session')->getQuote()->getGrandTotal();

However no "state / region" element exists in that part (obviously).

We have the OneStepCheckout (OSC) refresh the shipping change on address selection (ajax) which to me should signify that there is an object somewhere in the magento stack that contains the updated address info including the state that I can use in the module to refresh the shipping options, I just can't find it.

We are aware that on the initial load, the shipping options will be the "default" ones and that they need to update once they select their shipping state.

Help? Can someone help me find where to get the state/region from the checkout/cart object?

Best Answer

You should be able to find that in the shipping address of the quote. Try something like:

Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session')->getQuote()->getShippingAddress()->getRegion();

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Magento – Get shipping methods from address in multi-address shipping

There are many ways to do this but i am sharing with you the best method i know of. - See more at:

Detail LINK

let me know if i can help you more

EDIT

Here i am giving you sudo code

 if ($this->_checkChangedAddress($bill_data, 'Billing', $bill_addr_id) || $this->getRequest()->getPost('payment-method', false))
        {
            if (isset($bill_data['email']))
            {
                $bill_data['email'] = trim($bill_data['email']);
            }

        $bill_result = $this->getOnepagecheckout()->saveBilling($bill_data, $bill_addr_id, false);

        if (!isset($bill_result['error']))
        {
            $pmnt_data = $this->getRequest()->getPost('payment', array());
            $this->getOnepagecheckout()->usePayment(isset($pmnt_data['method']) ? $pmnt_data['method'] : null);

            $result['update_section']['payment-method'] = $this->_getPaymentMethodsHtml();

            if (isset($bill_data['use_for_shipping']) && $bill_data['use_for_shipping'] == 1 && !$this->getOnepagecheckout()->getQuote()->isVirtual())
            {
                $result['update_section']['shipping-method'] = $this->_getShippingMethodsHtml();
                $result['duplicateBillingInfo'] = 'true';

                $ship_updated = true;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            $result['error_messages'] = $bill_result['message'];
        }
    }

Error While Creating Custom Shipping Method in Magento

Most probably the model that should handle the shipping method is not found.
Either it does not exist, or it is wrongly configured.

Make sure you have in your config.xml the model for the shipping method.
In the example you used it's

<model>shipping/carrier_inchoocustom</model>

This means that the model used will be Mage_Shipping_Model_Carrier_Inchoocustom. Make sure that exists also.

You can easily test with this code...

echo get_class(Mage::getModel('shipping/carrier_inchoocustom'));

Put that in any page of your code.

If that renders nothing it means the class Mage_Shipping_Model_Carrier_Inchoocustom is not found. Either it does not exist or it is placed in the wrong file/folder.

if it outputs Mage_Shipping_Model_Carrier_Inchoocustom it means you are missing the <model> declaration in config.xml.

And on a side note, with all respect for Inchoo and the great work they are doing in their example something is wrong. Even if it works, the Mage folder should not be used for custom extensions.

You can also check this for an other tutorial on how to create a shipping method: www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/5_-_modules_and_development/shipping/create-shipping-method-module

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