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Auto complete/Validate User Input

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15 Sep 2015, 12:45 AM

lloyd_borrett

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Join Date:: Mar 2006
Location:: Rosebud, Victoria, Australia
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Auto complete/Validate User Input

G'day,

When using some online shops when entering the billing and shipping addresses I see fields like the City/Suburb, State and Postcode being auto completed and/or verified.

Here in Australia we can access from Australia Post a list of valid place names with the state and postcode as a CSV file. So it would be possible to put this information into a database table and use it to auto complete and validate user input.

Has anyone done this, or something similar, for Zen Cart?

Best Regards, Lloyd Borrett

16 Sep 2015, 11:25 AM

lat9

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Join Date:: Sep 2009
Location:: Stuart, FL
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Re: Auto complete/Validate User Input

I've seen a store using this Google API with success: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/places-autocomplete-addressform

Since the API uses the geoLocation service, the customer will need to "opt in", i.e. allow their location to be shared, for the interface to operate.