Cloning a Payment Module

Note: These instructions are for Zen Cart 1.5.8 and above. For Zen Cart 1.5.7 and below, please see Cloning a Payment Module in 1.5.7 and below.

You can create new Payment Module by making a clone of the closest matching Payment Module to what you are trying to do.

As an example, we will consider the moneyorder payment module.

Payment Modules have 2 parts:

The code file is located in:
/includes/modules/payment/moneyorder.php

The language file is located in:
/includes/languages/english/modules/payment/lang.moneyorder.php

To clone this module, for example, to venmo.php you would:

• copy moneyorder.php to venmo.php
• copy lang.moneyorder.php to lang.venmo.php

Note: Be sure the filename you choose does not have an underscore (_) in it.

Next, you need to change all occurrences of the strings moneyorder and MONEYORDER as follows:

These identifiers are case sensitive.

These words are written separately or within the constants such as:

class moneyorder {
... 
$this->code = 'moneyorder';
... 
$this->title = MODULE_PAYMENT_MONEYORDER_TEXT_TITLE; 

becomes

class venmo {
...
$this->code = 'venmo';
...
$this->title = MODULE_PAYMENT_VENMO_TEXT_TITLE;

Be sure to make this change in the remove() function as well.

These plugins might also help:

• Optional Payment Method