Need help deleting e-mail field or making it non-mandatory.

[jpizzuto]

Hi !!

Can someone please tell me how to make the e-mail field non mandatory, or how to remove it, since all the orders are going to be taken over the phone.

No need for email.

 

 

Thanx!!!

 

jpizzuto

[shooter-boy]

This might seem like a silly question, but can i ask why then you are using osCommerce?

 

Anyway, you could simply change your catalog/create_account.php from

 

	if (strlen($email_address) < ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_MIN_LENGTH) {
  $error = true;

  $messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_ERROR);
} elseif (tep_validate_email($email_address) == false) {
  $error = true;

  $messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_CHECK_ERROR);
} else {
  $check_email_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as total from " . TABLE_CUSTOMERS . " where customers_email_address = '" . tep_db_input($email_address) . "'");
  $check_email = tep_db_fetch_array($check_email_query);
  if ($check_email['total'] > 0) {
	$error = true;

	$messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_ERROR_EXISTS);
  }
}

 

to

 

/*
if (strlen($email_address) < ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_MIN_LENGTH) {
  $error = true;

  $messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_ERROR);
} elseif (tep_validate_email($email_address) == false) {
  $error = true;

  $messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_CHECK_ERROR);
} else {
  $check_email_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as total from " . TABLE_CUSTOMERS . " where customers_email_address = '" . tep_db_input($email_address) . "'");
  $check_email = tep_db_fetch_array($check_email_query);
  if ($check_email['total'] > 0) {
	$error = true;

	$messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_ERROR_EXISTS);
  }
}
*/

 

if you want to get rid of the little red star, change catalog/includes/languages/english.php

define('ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_TEXT', '*');

to

define('ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_TEXT', '');

 

Rob