Magento: Product Free/Paid SAMPLE Purchase Order

<button type="button" style="float:left;padding-left:5px;" onclick="window.location.href='/order_sample.php?sku=<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_product->getSku()) ?>'" title="Request Sample for <?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_product->getName()) ?>" class="button btn-cart" ><span><span>Order Sample - $1</span></span></button>

require_once 'app/Mage.php';

Mage::app();

$sku = $_GET['sku'];

if(!$sku) 

{

        header("Location: ".Mage::getStoreConfig('web/unsecure/base_url'));

        exit;

}

$prod = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');

$p = $prod->loadByAttribute('sku',$sku);

//validate if we have that SKU before creating it\'s sample..

if(!is_object($p) || strstr($sku, 'S-'))

{

        header("Location: ".Mage::getStoreConfig('web/unsecure/base_url'));

        exit;

}

$name = $p->getName();

//check if you already have the Sample product, then don\'t create new..

$p = $prod->loadByAttribute('sku','S-'.$sku);

if(is_object($p))

        $pId = $p->getId();

else

        $pId = false;

if(!$pId) {

$product = $prod;

$product->setSku('S-'.$sku); //Prepending "S-" before original SKU to prevent misunderstanding

$product->setName("Sample of ".$name);

$product->setDescription("Sample of ".$name);

$product->setShortDescription($name." - Sample");

$product->setPrice(1.00); //Price always $1

$product->setTypeId('simple');

$product->setAttributeSetId(4); // default - CHECK YOUR VALUE

$product->setCategoryIds("0"); // CHECK YOUR VALUE(s)

$product->setWeight(0.000);

$product->setTaxClassId(0); // none

$product->setVisibility(1); // not visible individually

$product->setStatus(1); // enabled

// assign product to the default website..

$product->setWebsiteIds(array(Mage::app()->getStore(true)->getWebsite()->getId()));

// get product\'s general info such price, status, description..

$stockData = $product->getStockData();

// update stock data using new data..

$stockData['qty'] = 1; //we're not managing stock anyhow

$stockData['is_in_stock'] = 1;

$stockData['manage_stock'] = 0; //don't manage sample stocks

$stockData['max_sale_qty'] = 1; //sample can't be purchased more than 1 qty

$product->setStockData($stockData);

$product->save();

$pId = $product->getId();

}

//redirect and add to cart page..

header("Location: /checkout/cart/add/product/".$pId."/");

exit;

8 Comments

• 
  pablo November 22, 2013 at 6:27 pm

  do you have a working demo
  I cant get it to worrk

  Reply
• 
  manisha November 29, 2013 at 6:16 am

  Hi, this code is not working in magento 1.8.Please reply soon.

  Reply
• 
  mariusz December 20, 2013 at 6:04 pm

  Hi
  sample product is created but is not added to the basked
  can anybody help?

  Reply
• 
  WazzaJB December 22, 2013 at 2:07 pm

  Thanks for this code, although I could not get it to work at first with 1.8 I have made some enhancements and modifications. It now works for 1.8 and product variations.

  https://gist.github.com/WazzaJB/8083094

  Reply
• 
  Dan March 27, 2014 at 11:57 am

  Thanks for the code,

  On 1.7 it appears to be working fine as when you click the button, I receive a success message and product appears in my topcart, but when I proceed to Checkout, the product disappears and I return to an empty shopping cart.

  Would you have any suggestions on why this is?

  Many thanks

  Reply
• 
  Sagar May 19, 2014 at 3:06 pm

  Hi Kalpesh, Nice Artcile !

  How can I make it to work only for sample products without actually buying anything from website? (ie cart only contains sample products). Also, In this case will the Buyer still have to go through checkout, I mean Buyer is simply ordering sample products worth $0.00 it will still go through Payment process. Any suggestions would be really help full.

  Reply
• 
  php November 12, 2014 at 11:32 am

  Have installed the code but didt get cuple of thing ..
  first : how to control it ? it is not appeared in admin control so as in products
  second: when im clicking ad free sample i getting error on line 57 :
  Fatal error: Class ‘Mage’ not found in ////order_sample.php on line 57

  57: header(“Location: “.Mage::getStoreConfig(‘web/unsecure/base_url’));

  above code do not work at all with 1.8

  Reply
• 
  Dibya August 2, 2017 at 9:35 am

  add following code by remove line 63 and 64.

  Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’, array(‘name’ => ‘frontend’));
  try {
  $product_id = $pId;
  $qty1 = ‘1’;
  $product = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->load($product_id);
  $cart = Mage::getModel(‘checkout/cart’);
  $cart->init();
  $cart->addProduct($product, array(‘qty’ => $qty1));
  $cart->save();
  Mage::getSingleton(‘checkout/session’)->setCartWasUpdated(true);
  Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->addSuccess(‘Sample Product added’);
  header(‘Location: ‘ . ‘index.php/checkout/cart/’);
  } catch (Exception $e) {
  echo $e->getMessage();
  }

  It works for me.

  Reply