[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection ## - **[jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile")** - [![jonblk's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9766-jonblk) Less More - Posts: 25 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 1 month ago [\#68293](#68293) by [jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile") *[Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/68293-dynamic-pricing-based-on-selection#68293 "Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you")* was created by *[jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile")* Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY4MjkzLWR5bmFtaWMtcHJpY2luZy1iYXNlZC1vbi1zZWxlY3Rpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14281 - - 14 years 1 month ago [\#68486](#68486) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/68293-dynamic-pricing-based-on-selection#68486 "Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you")* Hi, You can do that by creating one or several custom fields of the table "item" (business edition only) via the menu Display->Views so that the users can enter the information on a product page. Then, you need to create a quantity price calculation override plugin as explained here: [ www.hikashop.com/en/support/documentatio...tation.html#override](http://www.hikashop.com/en/support/documentation/62-hikashop-developer-documentation.html#override) We have an example of that here: [ demo.hikashop.com/index.php?option=com\_h...show&cid=214&lang=en](http://demo.hikashop.com/index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=show&cid=214&lang=en) Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY4MjkzLWR5bmFtaWMtcHJpY2luZy1iYXNlZC1vbi1zZWxlY3Rpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile")** - [![jonblk's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9766-jonblk) Less More - Posts: 25 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 4 weeks ago [\#68779](#68779) by [jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile") Replied by *[jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/68293-dynamic-pricing-based-on-selection#68779 "Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you")* Hi again, I tried to follow your instructions but I was not successful. I am not an expert so that may be part of the problem. To further clarify what I wish to happen:- Currently I am able to pass the amount that a user selects in a session variable. I just want that session variable to appear under the 'Unit Price' field on the checkout page. Is there a simple way to do this? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY4MjkzLWR5bmFtaWMtcHJpY2luZy1iYXNlZC1vbi1zZWxlY3Rpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14281 - - 14 years 4 weeks ago [\#68943](#68943) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/68293-dynamic-pricing-based-on-selection#68943 "Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you")* Hi, It's quite simple. Everywhere in the code of the donation plugin available in the link I gave you, just replace: $product->amount by: $_SESSION and that should do the trick. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY4MjkzLWR5bmFtaWMtcHJpY2luZy1iYXNlZC1vbi1zZWxlY3Rpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile")** - [![jonblk's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9766-jonblk) Less More - Posts: 25 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#70468](#70468) by [jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile") Replied by *[jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/68293-dynamic-pricing-based-on-selection#70468 "Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you")* Hi again, You have been helpful so far but now I need some additional functionality. I tried your suggestion of replacing $product->amount with $_SESSION which pulls from a drop-down menu as shown in code below:- <?php jimport('joomla.plugin.plugin'); class plgSystemCustom_price extends JPlugin{ } function hikashop_product_price_for_quantity_in_cart(&$product){ $currencyClass = hikashop_get('class.currency'); $quantity = @$product->cart_product_quantity; if(empty($product->prices)){ $price= null; $price->price_currency_id = hikashop_getCurrency(); $price->price_min_quantity = 1; $product->prices = array($price); } if(!empty($_SESSION)){ foreach($product->prices as $k => $price){ $product->prices[$k]->price_value = $_SESSION; $product->prices[$k]->price_value_with_tax = $_SESSION; } } $currencyClass->quantityPrices($product->prices,$quantity,$product->cart_product_total_quantity); } function hikashop_product_price_for_quantity_in_order(&$product){ $quantity = $product->order_product_quantity; if(!empty($product->ordered_length)){ $product->order_product_price = $_SESSION; $product->order_product_tax = 0; } $product->order_product_total_price_no_vat = $product->order_product_price*$quantity; $product->order_product_total_price = ($product->order_product_price+$product->order_product_tax)*$quantity; } I would now like to update this code so that if the session variable is not selected from the drop-down list, the $product->amount which I created on the HikaShop-->Products page will be used instead. Thank You again Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY4MjkzLWR5bmFtaWMtcHJpY2luZy1iYXNlZC1vbi1zZWxlY3Rpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14281 - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#70603](#70603) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/68293-dynamic-pricing-based-on-selection#70603 "Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you")* Then, instead of : $_SESSION you should have: (isset($_SESSION) ? $_SESSION : $product->amount) Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY4MjkzLWR5bmFtaWMtcHJpY2luZy1iYXNlZC1vbi1zZWxlY3Rpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile")** - [![jonblk's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9766-jonblk) Less More - Posts: 25 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#70678](#70678) by [jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile") Replied by *[jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/68293-dynamic-pricing-based-on-selection#70678 "Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you")* Hi again, I tried your suggestion but my page loads blank. Below is the code I tried:- (I am a novice somewhat so maybe I have something incorrect) Please advise. Thank You again. <?php jimport('joomla.plugin.plugin'); class plgSystemCustom_price extends JPlugin{ } function hikashop_product_price_for_quantity_in_cart(&$product){ $currencyClass = hikashop_get('class.currency'); $quantity = @$product->cart_product_quantity; if(empty($product->prices)){ $price= null; $price->price_currency_id = hikashop_getCurrency(); $price->price_min_quantity = 1; $product->prices = array($price); } /* if(!empty($_SESSION)){ foreach($product->prices as $k => $price){ $product->prices[$k]->price_value = $_SESSION; $product->prices[$k]->price_value_with_tax = $_SESSION; */ if(isset($_SESSION) ? $_SESSION : $product->amount){ foreach($product->prices as $k => $price){ $product->prices[$k]->price_value = isset($_SESSION) ? $_SESSION : $product->amount; $product->prices[$k]->price_value_with_tax = isset($_SESSION) ? $_SESSION : $product->amount; } } $currencyClass->quantityPrices($product->prices,$quantity,$product->cart_product_total_quantity); } function hikashop_product_price_for_quantity_in_order(&$product){ $quantity = $product->order_product_quantity; if(!empty($product->ordered_length)){ $product->order_product_price = isset($_SESSION) ? $_SESSION : $product->amount; $product->order_product_tax = 0; } $product->order_product_total_price_no_vat = $product->order_product_price*$quantity; $product->order_product_total_price = ($product->order_product_price+$product->order_product_tax)*$quantity; } Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY4MjkzLWR5bmFtaWMtcHJpY2luZy1iYXNlZC1vbi1zZWxlY3Rpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14281 - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#70684](#70684) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/68293-dynamic-pricing-based-on-selection#70684 "Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you")* Set the "error reporting" to "maximum" in the joomla configuration. That will display an error message with the line on which you have the problem. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY4MjkzLWR5bmFtaWMtcHJpY2luZy1iYXNlZC1vbi1zZWxlY3Rpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile")** - [![jonblk's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9766-jonblk) Less More - Posts: 25 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#70743](#70743) by [jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile") Replied by *[jonblk](/forum/user/9766-jonblk "View jonblk's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/68293-dynamic-pricing-based-on-selection#70743 "Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you")* Hi again, I will not be able to check for at least another 7 hours. Could you tell me in the meantime if my modified code looks correct with the "(isset($_SESSION) ? $_SESSION : $product->amount)" line which you suggested? Also how do I set error reporting to maximum? Please direct me step by step. Thank You again Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY4MjkzLWR5bmFtaWMtcHJpY2luZy1iYXNlZC1vbi1zZWxlY3Rpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14281 - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#70947](#70947) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Pricing Based On Selection](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/68293-dynamic-pricing-based-on-selection#70947 "Hi, I would like a price to appear on the checkout page based on a selection from a previous page. I therefore DO NOT want to create a product and assign a fixed price to it. Let me explain a bit more-: I have built a prototype site which allows persons to pay insurance. Insurance amounts will vary from person to person and are subject to change each year. Currently I have a page in joomla! which has a dropdown menu where persons can select the portion of insurance they want to pay. I want that when a user selects their insurance portion and selects 'OK', the selected amount will appear on the checkout page. Does hikashop offer this functionality or is there a way to modify the code so as to facilitate this action. If there is a way, please tell me how. Thank you")* Hi, In the joomla configuration, there is such "error reporting", just change it: [ learnonline.vrsminfotech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1.gif](http://learnonline.vrsminfotech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1.gif) Your code looks ok yes. 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