product_info.php need help

[Guest]

i need the variable for product price thats a real number and not a string. basically a variable that i can do basic math with.

[satish]

Do type cast.

 

Satish

[Guest]

i tried.. it will error.. i dont think you can typecast a string to an int or something.. i was wondering if there is already a variable thats a real number.. because you have to use something to calculate the sales tax right?

 

I dont really write a function converting a string to a real number plz. ;)

[maxxxie]

Why not just grab it straight from the DB? Something like SELECT products_price from products where products_id = xxx (using the osC functions to do this, of course)? The value stored in the db is of type int so you should be able to perform maths on it.

 

PS Upon re-read, I see you want to do this specifically within product_info.php. This is basically already done for you as the price and sales tax information is queried by default. Interrogate $product_info['products_price'] for the ex-tax price. Use tep_get_tax_rate($product_info['products_tax_class_id']) to get the tax rate. To display the price (ie through an echo statement or similar), use $currencies->display_price($product_info['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($product_info['products_tax_class_id'])).

 

Cheers,

Max

[Guest]

wow thx for the reply max..

 

but i need to add 10 bucks to the price..

 

so basically something like this:

 

$newPrice = $product_info['products_price'] + 10.00;

 

echo $newPrice;

 

but i believe the $product_info['products_price'] returns a string right? i will try it and post back.

[Guest]

wheres the edit button? lol..

anyways thx it worked..

 

$msrp = $currencies->display_price($product_info['products_price'] + 10, tep_get_tax_rate($product_info['products_tax_class_id']));

 

echo 'Regular:      ' . $msrp . '<br>Our Price:    ' . $products_price; ?><p>

 

hehe.. i wish there was a list of useful variables or something :)