[ic] Quick and dirty "write to file"

[Justin La Sotten]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Chris Kershaw <chris at endpoint.com> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> CGI variables get copied into the Values hash during checkout so you
> likely need to use [value email]. You could essentially put this within
> any file that is part of the checkout routes but I would recommend
> creating a new route for this to keep things separated. So the quick and
> easy way would be to:
>
> 1) Create an include ~catalogs/store/include/update_mailing_list
> 2) Place the include on some checkout page such as etc/receipt or
> etc/log_transaction
>
> My preferred method would be to:
>
> 1) Create the mail list file with your business logic
> ~catalogs/store/etc/update_mailing_list
>
> 2) Create new route in catalog.cfg
>
> Route update_mailing_list  <<EOF
>    empty        1
>    encrypt      0
>    increment    0
>    report       etc/update_mailing_list
>    supplant     0
>    track        logs/mail_list_log
> EOF
I personally would add to the route:
    error_ok 1

This way if the file is not-writable, for whatever reason, it won't
prevent customers from checking out.

>
> 3) Update your checkout order route:
>
> Route   default   cascade         "log  update_mailing_list main copy_user"
>
> 4) Restart Interchange and checkout.
>
> Hope this helps
> Chris
>
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