[Solved] Display system currency

[MeRuud]

Hi all,

 

I am working on a module and I am trying to display the (current) currency symbol.

I just started with Prestashop and this is my first module. Documentation is fairly limited and unorganized so it is not helping my search.

 

I have tried:

 

- $currency (nothing shows up)

- $currencies (a 1 shows up)

- PS_CURRENCY_DEFAULT (displays a 2, ID of current currency)

 

All I am trying to achieve is when the visitor is supposed to see a $, it will show a $ and if the visitor is supposed to see the euro it shows a euro sign.

 

Thanks in advanced, I appreciate your help.

Ruud

Edited November 20, 2011 by MeRuud (see edit history)

[MeRuud]

Never mind, I found a way around it.

Post can be marked as solved.

 

Thanks,

Ruud

[Alex B]

How did you fix it?

You cannot just write that you fixed it. You murdered the forum concept.

How did you fix it?

[MeRuud]

Sorry my bad.

 

Basically when I was facing the issue above I used the {math} function (smarty) to calculate the price that I needed, this will result in the price without the currency symbol.

 

For example:

$productPrice = $10
$quantity_discount.quantity = 2

{math equation="x + y" x=$productPrice y=$quantity_discount.quantity}

Will result in:
12

 

I didn't know you could use math equation without using the above function. But Prestashop supports the direct use of match symbols on smarty variables without using the {math} function.

 

For example:

$productPrice = $10
$quantity_discount.quantity = 2

{convertPrice price=($productPrice+$quantity_discount.quantity)|floatval}


Will result in:
$12

 

Another benefit of not using the {math} function directly is that the {math} function is an expensive function in performance due to its use of the php eval() function. Doing the math in PHP is much more efficient, so whenever possible do the math calculations in the script and assign() the results to the template.

 

Read more on the {math} function here:

http://www.smarty.net/docsv2/en/language.function.math.tpl

 

Hope this helps,

Ruud