Save Manufacturer as a text in custom field

Configuring a filter scheme I found this bad limitation:

In a text box I can enter text and assign several fields to be matched. This works fine.

But when I write the brand of a product it is not found because the product_manufacturer_id field is storing an id number and not the text name of the brand.

So I should create an extra field where the text of the category gets stored, but how?

I already have the code to show a manufacturer by its name in products listing, is something like this: but how and where I should finish this code to make it save the $brandName in a cutom_brand_field each time a product gets Submited/saved?

please understand I am not a PHP coder so don't get any knowledge for granted, I really don't know where to start from, I need very precise indication.


Thanks!

Hi,

You have the triggers in the Product API
www.hikashop.com/en/support/documentatio...ntation.html#product

Like : onAfterProductCreate and onAfterProductUpdate

You will have to create a little plugin in the hikashop category.

Regards,

I don't dare to send you a "Thank you" click until I try this, I never made a plugin but hope is as simple as it looks in the instructions... so we'll stay in contact for this.

thank you for the advice!

Hi,

You can find some tutorial in the joomla website.
You can use a little plugin like "hikashop history". You will have the structure of the XML file and you can remove the no-useful function in the php file.
By renaming the files, changing the names in the XML and creating a zip (with the files), you will have a little plugin.

It is not really complicated but some development skills are required.

Regards,

Thanks for your support, I will try sometime during this week. knowing your support team is so close it makes me more dareful to try it!