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Getting Started with OpenCart Module Development

By : Rupak Nepali
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Getting Started with OpenCart Module Development

By: Rupak Nepali

Overview of this book

OpenCart is an online shopping tool which is free to use. It has become widely popular because of its support for custom extensions and module development. This book helps you understand how to use the features available in OpenCart using step-by-step instructions. Getting Started with OpenCart Module Development gives you step-by-step explanations and illustrations on how to clone, customize, and develop modules and pages with OpenCart. This book shows you how to create custom OpenCart modules and pages which are needed as per the requirements of the clients to manage custom data. It describes each and every code used to make a Hello World module, a feedback module, a tips module, an order total module, and a shipping and payment module. The book covers installing, configuring, and uninstalling modules as well as how to clone them. It also discusses all the available Global Library methods of OpenCart as well as ways to handle the files and folders of a shipping and payment module. At the end of the book, you will learn how to make custom pages to manage data by creating a feedback module and how to create the order total using a tips module. In Getting Started with OpenCart Module Development, you will learn everything you need to know to create custom OpenCart modules.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

The Tips module


We are creating the Tips module. When the Tips module is activated at the admin section from Admin | Extensions | Order Totals, it will be listed in the Order Totals listing page, and you will see the Tips module activated at Shopping Cart. After entering the amount and clicking on the Apply Tips button, the extra amount is added to the order total, which adds to the total cost of the order.

Creating the language file at the admin section

To create a language file for the Order Total module, we have to create the file at the total folder in the language folder. Navigate to admin/language/english/total/, and create a tips.php file and insert the following lines of code:

<?php
$_['heading_title']    = 'Tips Fee';
$_['text_total']       = 'Order Totals';
$_['text_success'] = 'Success: You have modified tips fee total!';
$_['entry_total']      = 'Order Total:';
$_['entry_fee']        = 'Fee:';
$_['entry_tax_class']  = 'Tax Class:';
$_['entry_status']     = 'Status:';
$_['entry_sort_order...