Auto selected shipping method

-- HikaShop version -- : 3.2.0
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We are sending out products from one of 2 distribution centers. Same products from both centers.
I have set up 2 manual shipping options - one for each distribution center. I have also set up a custom checkbox field for each user to determine which distribution center their delivery will be shipped from.
What I need is a way to automatically select the shipping method depending on the user field - I appreciate this may need some custom coding but if you point me in the right direction to which files I would need to edit - that would be a lot of help - thanks!

Hi,

The auto selection of the shipping method is done by a call to the checkCartMethods function of administrator/components/com_hikashop/classes/shipping.php when loading the cart in the getFullCart function of the administrator/components/com_hikashop/classes/cart.php file.
So you could directly change the checkCartMethods function code.
However, I would recommend either:
- creating a class override of the shipping class, extending the default class and implementing your own checkCartMethods function
- or event better, create your own hikashop plugin implementing the onAfterCartProductsLoad trigger to set the shipping id yourself in the $cart object and saving it in the database with the updateShipping function.

With the trigger solution, you'll have a more stable solution for future updates as it's not likely to change in the future.

Thanks Nicolas

I will attempt the trigger solution!