Question

I want to make my table rates volumetric, i.e. the weight based on width, height and depth for bulky (but not heavy) items. These attributes are setup and I can read them fine in my own Model/Flatrate.php module.

This works for the measurements that are my own attributes and weight which is a built in attribute:

if ($request->getAllItems())

{ foreach ($request->getAllItems() as $item)
  Mage::log($item->getShipping_height());

However, when I try the same in Tablerate.php it does not work, even if in the core rather than my own module. I get nothing for the weight, height, length and depth. None of this works, I do get entries in the log file but no labels:

    if ($request->getAllItems()) {
        foreach ($request->getAllItems() as $item) {
        Mage::log("Weight ".$item->getWeight."*");
        Mage::log("Height ".$item->getProduct()->getShipping_height()."*");
        Mage::log("Width ".$item->getShipping_width()."*");
        Mage::log("Depth ".$item->getShipping_length()."*");

Does anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

This worked:

    if ($request->getAllItems()) {
        foreach ($request->getAllItems() as $item) {
        $item_ID = $item->getProductId();
        $_Product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($item_ID);

        Mage::log("Weight ".$_Product->getWeight."*");
        Mage::log("Height ".$_Product->getShipping_height()."*");
        Mage::log("Width ".$_Product->getShipping_width()."*");
        Mage::log("Depth ".$_Product->getShipping_length()."*");