[SOLVED] Why does checkout only remember zip, state, country between guest and register checkout?

I've looked through so much code and still can't figure out why OC3 only remembers: zip code, state, country, between guest checkout and register checkout BUT NOT first/last name, email, telephone, address

Can anyone explain to me what code makes it only remember those but not: first/last name, email, telephone, address?

What I mean is:
~go to checkout, in STEP-1 chose GUEST,
~in STEP-2 fillout everything and click CONTINUE.
~Now you are in STEP-3 or STEP-4, now go back to STEP-1 and change to REGISTER ACCOUNT and click CONTINUE
~Now in STEP-2 for register account you will see it only remembered: zip code, state, country, BUT NOT first/last name, email, telephone, address

WHY? I guess I'm too dumb to figure it out after 2 hours
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supak111 wrote: ↑

Mon May 13, 2024 9:11 am

I've looked through so much code and still can't figure out why OC3 only remembers: zip code, state, country, between guest checkout and register checkout BUT NOT first/last name, email, telephone, address

Can anyone explain to me what code makes it only remember those but not: first/last name, email, telephone, address?

What I mean is:
~go to checkout, in STEP-1 chose GUEST,
~in STEP-2 fillout everything and click CONTINUE.
~Now you are in STEP-3 or STEP-4, now go back to STEP-1 and change to REGISTER ACCOUNT and click CONTINUE
~Now in STEP-2 for register account you will see it only remembered: zip code, state, country, BUT NOT first/last name, email, telephone, address

WHY? I guess I'm too dumb to figure it out after 2 hours
.

It looks like you're still using OC v3.0.3.2, according to your signature. Have you tried the latest OC v3.0.3.9 or OC v3.2.0.0 release to see if the issue could be replicated?

It looks like you're still using OC v3.0.3.2, according to your signature. Have you tried the latest OC v3.0.3.9 or OC v3.2.0.0 release to see if the issue could be replicated?

I've tested what I wrote above on other peoples OC websites different versions of OC3 and it's the same. OC is made to only remember ZIP, STATE, COUNTRY. It clears the other fields and I want to know what code is making it only remember those 3 and not the rest.

Try it yourself if you have an OC website

If you select the "Register Account" option, the controller "catalog/controller/checkout/register.php" is loaded, whereas for "Guest Checkout", the controller "catalog/controller/checkout/guest.php" is loaded.

In "guest.php', you can see that the address fields are stored in:
and
But the customer details (first name, last name, email, telephone) are stored in:
In "register.php", you can also see that it only checks if "postcode", "country_id", and "zone_id" exist in the "shipping_address" session array, and then proceeds to retrieve those values if they exist. For instance, the below code is found in "register.php":
which retrieves the "postcode" value from the "shipping_address" session array to display them in the fields at checkout on the frontend.

So what you could do is to add your own code to check if the other required data is available via "shipping_address" or "payment_address" and "guest" stored in the session array, and assign them to the "$data" variable so that you can display them in the fields in "register.twig".

Also, it doesn't actually clear the fields, it just doesn't access the fields stored in the session to display them. If you go to "Guest Checkout" and fill up all the fields and proceed to Step 4, then back to Step 1 and select "Register Account", and then back to "Guest Checkout" again, you can see that the original values filled up in the fields are all appearing - so the fields aren't actually cleared - you just need to access them from the session array. Hope that helps!

That defiantly helps, it's exactly what I was looking at.
But when I try adding this to register.php it still doesn't remember the CITY for example
This doesn't work either
PS I know the page is updating because when I comment-out code for ZIPcode it stops remembering the ZiPcode. this code:

Just tried to make it remember the firstname with the code below by adding to register.php, but this doesn't work either. Am I missing some code?

supak111 wrote: ↑

Mon May 13, 2024 1:46 pm

Just tried to make it remember the firstname with the code below by adding to register.php, but this doesn't work either. Am I missing some code?

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if (isset($this->session->data['guest']['firstname'])) {
	$data['firstname'] = $this->session->data['guest']['firstname'];
} else {
	$data['firstname'] = '';
}

Open up the template file "register.twig" and insert the firstname variable into the first name field's value attribute. For example, the following is the original first name field HTML:
so you should echo the variable in the value attribute like below:
If it's still not showing, you might want to debug further by logging the session array and checking if they are indeed set.

Got all the fields in register.php to populate, thank you very much for your help ツ @softmonke
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supak111 wrote: ↑

Mon May 13, 2024 7:56 pm

Got all the fields in register.php to populate, thank you very much for your help ツ @softmonke
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