Resolved - Shipping method by weight: very odd

[salvador21]

I have set my Zone 1 (UK) prices for weight:

0.01:0,0.1:2.90,0.25:1.5,0.5:2,0.75:3,1.00:5,1.25:6,1.5:7,1.75:8,2:9,4:10,7:25

I must have made some stupid mistake, but I cannot fathom it out as it seems to skip the price for <1.25

e.g adding products to the basket

.96 kg is £5.00 (as it should be be)

BUT

1.080kg is£7 (it should be £6)

can anyone see what I've done wrong please?

[salvador21]

OK, I did some more testing. It seems Cubecart doesn't like a weight of 1.25 - it ignores it yet .75 or .1.75 is fine

If I change it to 1.2 or 1.3 everything is fine. So this must be a bug I think rather than my stupidity.

[bsmither]

This is a "maybe" bug.

Here is your array before natsort():

0.01 : 0,

0.1 : 2.90,

0.25 : 1.5,

0.5 : 2,

0.75 : 3,

1.00 : 5,

1.25 : 6,

1.5 : 7,

1.75 : 8,

2 : 9,

4 : 10,

7 : 25

Here is the array after natsort():

"0.01:0"

"0.1:2.90"

"0.5:2"

"0.25:1.5"

"0.75:3"

"1.00:5"

"1.5:7"

"1.25:6"

"1.75:8"

"2:9"

"4:10"

"7:25"

natsort() is not perfect, and is really unreliable when the array it is sorting has wildly variable string lengths.

So there are two approaches you can take: Make the band:cost strings identical, or do not use natsort().

Try this as your band:cost string:

0.01:00.00,0.10:02.90,0.25:01.50,0.50:02.00,0.75:03.00,1.00:05.00,1.25:06.00,1.50:07.00,1.75:08.00,2.00:09.00,4.00:10.00,7.00:25.00

You will notice that the bands are all #.## and the costs are all ##.##.

OR

In the By_Weight folder, open the file shipping.class.php for editing with a programmer's text editor.

Near line 25, find:

natsort($bands);

Place two hashes in front, making it a comment.

## natsort($bands);

Thank you for including sample data for an input and a description of your observations on Cubecart's behavior. It helped pin-point where to look in the code.

[salvador21]

Thanks. I didn't understand much of what you said (ie I don't know what natsort is, but I understand that if I use a consistent number format

xx.xx:xx.xx then all will be well. And so it is now I have this:

00.01:00.00,00.10:02.90,00.25:01.50,00.50:02.00,00.75:03.00,01.00:05.00,01.25:06.00,01.50:07.00,01.75:08.00,02.00:09.00,04.00:10.00,07.00:25.00

(again, I am unable to "Like This" to your helpful post, forum says I have used my quota of votes, even though i haven't voted)