Currency issues

[gibbs]

Dear support,

I am in the UK and wish my default currency to be in £ Pounds Sterling.

I have set the currency in the SMF Classified Settings to "Pounds Sterling" but that does not seem to make it default throughout the rest of the site.

Examples are:

1. When a user lists a new item for sale, it defaults to "U.S. Dollars." in the picklist.

2. When a user views a listing that has been placed in Pounds Sterling, it shows the currency sign as a square (�) rather than a Pound sign (£).

That is all I have found so far on this subject. I'll look out for more. If you have any suggestions on how I can make it default completely to pounds sterling, that would be most appreciated.

Cheers.

[vkot]

In classifieds.template.php change every instance of

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<option value="GBP">',$txt['class_cur_GBP'],'</option>to

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<option selected value="GBP">',$txt['class_cur_GBP'],'</option>
...or change the order of the option values in the select object (put <option value="GBP">',$txt['class_cur_GBP'],'</option> at the top)

[gibbs]

And again, thanks for the help. much appreciated. 

[SMFHacks]

Hold up on using that it may cause some issues with paypal payments if you change the values.

[vkot]

SMFHacks, you are talking about the change of the order?
What will happen to paypal payments? A wrong currency will be passed to paypal?

[SMFHacks]

If you change the value="GBP"  it may not work.

[gibbs]

So is there a better way to go about it please?

[SMFHacks]

1. Will have a fix for that.

2. What version of the classifieds are you running. I do have it defined for GBP

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function formatprice($price,$currency)
{
if ($currency == 'USD')
return  '$' .  number_format($price, 2, '.', '');
else if ($currency == 'GBP')
return  '£' .  number_format($price, 2, '.', '');
elseif ($currency == 'CAD')
return  '$' .  number_format($price, 2, '.', '');
elseif ($currency == 'AUD')
return  '$' .  number_format($price, 2, '.', '');
else
return $price . ' ' . $currency;

}


[vkot]

SMFhacks,

I am not changing any values. In my first solution I just add selected to the option tag. This only tells to the select box what is the default value.

In my second solution, a problem could exist only if you refer to the values with their number, for example: document.cprofile.currency.options[2].text

Anyway, I see that you have a first option:

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<option value="', $modSettings['class_set_currency'], '">', $modSettings['class_set_currency'], '</option>in some of the selects. Maybe this should be added to all.

[SMFHacks]

Added a fix like that.
But sill need a response about

2. What version of the classifieds are you running? I do have it defined for GBP so it should display the right character. Unless it is a character set issue.

[gibbs]

Sorry for the delay.

I have SMF version 1.1.5 and running Classifieds 1.2.4

[SMFHacks]

1.2.6
!Fixed default currency to show the one in settings when adding an auction/listing
!Fixed possible pound sterling character display issue.

[gibbs]

Worked a treat. Thanks!