Yes, the site you mentioned is correct. Many sites, incl. Google Checkout I believe, rely on automatic detection of the card type. It’s convenient, makes the UI less cluttered (one less input box) and saves time. Go ahead!
Applying normalization to your problem, the solution is as given. Run and see it on SQL Fiddle. CREATE TABLE products ( product_id int AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, name varchar(20), description varchar(30) ); INSERT INTO products (name, description) VALUES (‘Rug’, ‘A cool rug’ ), (‘Cup’, ‘A coffee cup’); — ======================================== CREATE TABLE variants ( variant_id int AUTO_INCREMENT … Read more
Almost all Magento Models have a corresponding Collection object that can be used to fetch multiple instances of a Model. To instantiate a Product collection, do the following $collection = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->getCollection(); Products are a Magento EAV style Model, so you’ll need to add on any additional attributes that you want to return. $collection = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->getCollection(); … Read more
I would recommend checking the path of the cookie that Magento sets. Most likely, it is set to /shop, so the cookie will not be accessible to your file above it. You can modify the path that Magento uses to set its cookie in the control panel under System -> Configuration -> Web (under the … Read more
OpenCart 2.x The path names have changed in OpenCart 2 – you will want to create admin/controller/extension/module/hello.php admin/language/en-gb/extension/module/hello.php admin/view/template/extension/module/hello.tpl Then the route becomes admin/index.php?route=extension/module/hello OpenCart 1.x Include full MVC flow. I found out how to do this. OpenCart uses the MVC pattern. I recommend reading about How to be an OpenCart Guru? post about learning … Read more
This may be old, but I may as well write what I’ve learned down. So anyway I did it this way. ———-> Before you start, make sure the Apache rewrites module is enabled and then follow the steps below. 1) Log-in to your Magento administration area then go to System > Configuration > Web. 2) … Read more
There are three parts to the validation of the card number: PATTERN – does it match an issuers pattern (e.g. VISA/Mastercard/etc.) CHECKSUM – does it actually check-sum (e.g. not just 13 random numbers after “34” to make it an AMEX card number) REALLY EXISTS – does it actually have an associated account (you are unlikely … Read more
I went through this process not to long ago with a company I worked for and I plan on going through it again soon with my own business. If you have some network technical knowledge, it really isn’t that bad. Otherwise you will be better off using Paypal or another type of service. The process … Read more
How about implementing something like SO does with the CAPTCHAs? If you’re using the site normally, you’ll probably never see one. If you happen to reload the same page too often, post successive comments too quickly, or something else that triggers an alarm, make them prove they’re human. In your case, this would probably be … Read more
The credit/debit card number is referred to as a PAN, or Primary Account Number. The first six digits of the PAN are taken from the IIN, or Issuer Identification Number, belonging to the issuing bank (IINs were previously known as BIN — Bank Identification Numbers — so you may see references to that terminology in … Read more