how do i make a 4, 5 or 6 day auction?

[20KingSize]

in the "How long do you want your ad to run?" option i would like to add 4,5,6 day auctions, how would i go about doing that please?

im not an experienced coder so i would appreciate a reply i can understand. which file would i need to edit and what would be the exact code to do this would be a major help... thanks

[20KingSize]

i just found this had sort of been asked but refers to 20 days

How can I add a 20 day auction option?

so can i just run this by you to make sure i have it correct.

uploadproduct.tmpl would be the file i would need to edit?

and would this be the correct code i would need?

<option selected="selected" value="15">{$pp_phrase['15days']}</option>
<option value="3">{$pp_phrase['3days']}</option>
<option value="4">{$pp_phrase['4days']}</option>
<option value="5">{$pp_phrase['5days']}</option>
<option value="6">{$pp_phrase['6days']}</option>
<option value="7">{$pp_phrase['7days']}</option>
<option value="10">{$pp_phrase['10days']}</option>
<option value="30">{$pp_phrase['30days']}</option>
<option value="60">{$pp_phrase['60days']}</option>
<option value="90">{$pp_phrase['90days']}</option>
<option value="9999">{$pp_phrase['noexpire']}</option>

would uploadproduct.tmpl be the only file i would need to edit or would i need to do the same for:-

uploadproduct1.tmpl
uploadproduct2.tmpl
uploadproduct3.tmpl
uploadproduct4.tmpl

thanks for your help

[Chuck S]

For auctions it would only be uploadproduct template itself and your code is correct except for one exception.

{$pp_phrase['3days']}

Your phrases do not exist and unless your going to be inserting phrases into the database you need to hard code that part of your stuff like so

3 days

<option value="3">3 days</option>

[20KingSize]

this was the original code

<option selected="selected" value="15">{$pp_phrase['15days']}</option>
<option value="3">{$pp_phrase['3days']}</option>
<option value="7">{$pp_phrase['7days']}</option>
<option value="10">{$pp_phrase['10days']}</option>
<option value="30">{$pp_phrase['30days']}</option>
<option value="60">{$pp_phrase['60days']}</option>
<option value="90">{$pp_phrase['90days']}</option>
<option value="9999">{$pp_phrase['noexpire']}</option>

i never edited {$pp_phrase['3days']} all i did was add

<option value="4">{$pp_phrase['4days']}</option>
<option value="5">{$pp_phrase['5days']}</option>
<option value="6">{$pp_phrase['6days']}</option>

so am i bit confused as to why there is an exception with {$pp_phrase['3days']} but none of the ones i added

i understand that the phrases will not exist until they are added to the database but how do i go about adding the phrases to the database? my question is how do i go from wanting to do this to actually achieving it.

thanks for your help

[Chuck S]

You would actually physically have to add new phrases to the database maybe using phpmyadmin which is why I suggested you do it the easy way

Content visible to verified customers only.

[20KingSize]

still a bit unsure

<option selected="selected" value="15">{$pp_phrase['15days']}</option>
<option value="3">{$pp_phrase['3days']}</option>
<option value="4">4 days</option>
<option value="5">5 days</option>
<option value="6">6 days</option>
<option value="7">{$pp_phrase['7days']}</option>
<option value="10">{$pp_phrase['10days']}</option>
<option value="30">{$pp_phrase['30days']}</option>
<option value="60">{$pp_phrase['60days']}</option>
<option value="90">{$pp_phrase['90days']}</option>
<option value="9999">{$pp_phrase['noexpire']}</option>

would i be correct in thinking the above code is all i need to add?

[Chuck S]

Yes that looks completely fine.

[20KingSize]

thanks chuck...

so my 4,5,6 day options will now function exactly the same as the 3,7,10,15 etc day options?

if so then yeah sounds like an easy option to me

[Chuck S]

If you add those durations to the template then yes users will be allowed to select those durations for their ad.

[20KingSize]

thanks for your help chuck, much appreciated.

one more thing i could do with a little bit of assistance is... my 10 day auction option has never worked correctly, when i set a 10 day auction it shows as a 15 day auction. i have not touched this in any way.

can you help me correct this please... thanks in advance

[20KingSize]

ok ive corrected it... in your original code uploadproduct.php

$checkduration = array("3", "7", "15", "30", "45", "60", "90");
if (!in_array("$duration", $checkduration)) {
$duration = 15;

the value of "10" isnt included in the array, i added it the same as i did for my own customisations:-

$checkduration = array("3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "10", "15", "30", "45", "60", "90");
if (!in_array("$duration", $checkduration)) {
$duration = 15;

and it now all works

[Chuck S]

Yes any durations you add you need to also add to the checkduration array as that prevents anyone from sneaking in a duration using some html web editor.