Magento – the template files of shipping method

getformaction()

Please follow the below directory structure : And find the required Answer, it may help you to customize your block Defined at:

/app/code/core/Mage/Tag/Block/Product/List.php -> line 75
/app/code/core/Mage/Tag/Block/Customer/Edit.php -> line 50
/app/code/community/Phoenix/Moneybookers/Block/Placeform.php -> line 58

Referenced 5 times:

/app/design/frontend/base/default/template/contacts/form.phtml -> line 31
/app/design/frontend/base/default/template/tag/list.phtml -> line 39
/app/design/frontend/default/iphone/template/contacts/form.phtml -> line 31
/app/design/frontend/default/iphone/template/tag/customer/edit.phtml -> line 31
/app/design/frontend/base/default/template/moneybookers/placeform.phtml -> line 29

For Adding custom attribute, we have to create new column for custom attribute field in sales_flat_order and sales_flat_quote

We can create it By 2 ways

1. By custom Module Mysql setup file (file path- app/code/local/pwt/singlepagecheckout/sql/singlepagecheckout_setup/mysql4-install-1.1.php)

Here (pwt -NameSpace, singlepagecheckout-Module)

    $installer = $this;
    $installer->startSetup();
    $installer->addAttribute("order", "delivery_date", array("type"=>"varchar"));
    $installer->addAttribute("quote", "delivery_date", array("type"=>"varchar"));
    $installer->endSetup();

2. If you don't have a own module, simply create a php file in the project's root folder with the below code and run this file manually

    <?php require_once('app/Mage.php');
    Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage::getModel('core/store')->load(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID));
    $installer = new Mage_Sales_Model_Mysql4_Setup;
    $attribute  = array(
        'type'          => 'varchar',
        'backend_type'  => 'varchar',
        'frontend_input' => 'varchar',
        'is_user_defined' => true,
        'label'         => 'Delivery Date,
        'visible'       => true,
        'required'      => false,
        'user_defined'  => false,
        'searchable'    => false,
        'filterable'    => false,
        'comparable'    => false,
        'default'       => ""
    );
    $installer->addAttribute('order', 'delivery_date', $attribute);
    $installer->addAttribute('quote', 'delivery_date', $attribute);
    $installer->endSetup();
   
    echo "success";
   

Run this file on root folder

Now we have allotted a space for our custom attribute in DB (Created new column in sales_flat_order and sales_flat_quote table)

After this, we have to add this custom attribute to global scope in config.xml.

(if you have been using custom module file path is-app/code/local/pwt/singlepagecheckout/etc/config.xml

if not, app/code/core/mage/sales/etc/config.xml. But editing core file isn't good practice )

<global>
   ...
    <fieldsets>
        <sales_convert_quote>                           
            <delivery_date><to_order>*</to_order></delivery_date>
        </sales_convert_quote>

        <sales_convert_order>                                              
            <delivery_date><to_quote>*</to_quote></delivery_date>
        </sales_convert_order>
    </fieldsets>
    ...
</global>

Then create an event in this same config.xml file

<global>
    ...
    <events>
        <checkout_type_onepage_save_order>
        <observers>
            <delivery_date_observer>
                <type>singleton</type>
                <class>singlepagecheckout/observer</class>
                <method>saveCustomData</method>
            </delivery_date_observer>
        </observers>
        </checkout_type_onepage_save_order>
    </events>
    ...
</global>

<class>singlepagecheckout/observer</class> –Edit as per your custom module name (in core file you can simply put sales/observer)

The above event triggers the following observer method

public function saveCustomData($observer)
{
    $event = $observer->getEvent();
    $order = $event->getOrder();
    $fieldVal = Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getRequest()->getParams();
    $order->setDeliveryDate($fieldVal['delivery_date']);
}