Currency symbol

[ccrm]

Hi!

Is there an easy way to change the currency symbol from $ (dollar) to R (South African Rand)? Typing an "R" in front of the amount doesn't work: apart from potentially appearing confusing (is it now $400 or is it R400? - BIG difference in South Africa) it actually comes up with fees for all levels to be "free".

Perhaps there is merit in changing OCS such that in setting up a conference, the administrator should be able to choose the currency in which payments for that particular conference will be accepted?

Looking forward to a reply.

Markus Mostert

[Barbara]

Has anyone got an answer to this one? I need to change the $ to a £.

Many thanks
Barbara

[asmecher]

Hello Markus & Barbara,

Unfortunately there's no way to do this in the current version of OCS without modifying the source code. You'll have to look for places where the currency is referenced and change the $ to something else by hand.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Open Journal Systems Team

[asmecher]

Hello Markus & Barbara,

Here is a diff that will change dollar-signs into pounds; it's easily modified for any other currency symbol (just replace £ with your currency symbol of choice).

Code: Select all

diff -u -r ocs/admin/include/step4.inc.php ocs-pounds/admin/include/step4.inc.php
--- ocs/admin/include/step4.inc.php     2004-01-10 18:40:17.000000000 -0800
+++ ocs-pounds/admin/include/step4.inc.php      2005-10-27 10:14:13.839795455 -0700
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
        $y=$i+1;
        echo "Level $y: <font class=\"instructions\">";
        echo sanitize_output($reg_levels[$i]);
-       echo "</font> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount: <font class=\"instructions\">$";
+       echo "</font> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount: <font class=\"instructions\">&pound;";
        echo sanitize_output($reg_fees[$i]);
        echo "</font><br />";
 }
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
        $y=$i+1;
        echo "Level $y: <font class=\"instructions\">";
        echo sanitize_output($reg_levels_late[$i]);
-       echo "</font> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount: <font class=\"instructions\">$";
+       echo "</font> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount: <font class=\"instructions\">&pound;";
        echo sanitize_output($reg_fees_late[$i]);
        echo "</font><br />";
 }
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
                }
                echo "Level $y: <input type=\"text\" name=\"reg_levels[]\" value=\"";
                echo sanitize_output($reg_levels[$i]);
-               echo "\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount: $<input type=\"text\" name=\"reg_fees[]\" size=\"10\" value=\"";
+               echo "\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount: &pound;<input type=\"text\" name=\"reg_fees[]\" size=\"10\" value=\"";
                echo sanitize_output($reg_fees[$i]);
                echo "\"> <input type=\"submit\" name=\"del_reg_level\" value=\"Delete Level #$y\" class=\"button\"><br />";
        }
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
                }
                echo "Level $y: <input type=\"text\" name=\"reg_levels_late[]\" value=\"";
                echo sanitize_output($reg_levels_late[$i]);
                echo "\"> <input type=\"submit\" name=\"del_reg_level_late\" value=\"Delete Level #$y\" class=\"button\"><br />";
        }
diff -u -r ocs/admin/registrants.php ocs-pounds/admin/registrants.php
--- ocs/admin/registrants.php   2004-01-10 18:40:17.000000000 -0800
+++ ocs-pounds/admin/registrants.php    2005-10-27 10:15:00.172866835 -0700
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
                        echo str_replace("\n","<br/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;",$items[address]);
                        // print out fee information, if conference uses fees
                        if($conference_items[reg_fees]) {
-                               echo "<br />\nRegistration Level: $items[reg_level] - \$$items[reg_fee]";
+                               echo "<br />\nRegistration Level: $items[reg_level] - &pound;$items[reg_fee]";
                                // print out link to mark user as paid
                                if($items[has_paid]!="paid") {
                                        echo " <font class=\"SmallText\">(<a href=\"".print_url("registrants.php?paid=$items[id]")."\">Mark as Paid</a>)</font>";
diff -u -r ocs/registration.php ocs-pounds/registration.php
--- ocs/registration.php        2004-01-10 18:40:17.000000000 -0800
+++ ocs-pounds/registration.php 2005-10-27 10:16:41.541581602 -0700
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@

        <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300">
        <tr><td><b>Registrant</b></td><td><b>Cost</b></td></tr>
-       <tr valign="top"><td><?php echo $name."<br />".nl2br($address); ?></td><td><?php if($reg_fee > 0) { echo "\$$reg_fee"; } else { echo "Free"; } ?></td></tr>
+       <tr valign="top"><td><?php echo $name."<br />".nl2br($address); ?></td><td><?php if($reg_fee > 0) { echo "&pound;$reg_fee"; } else { echo "Free"; } ?></td></tr>
        </table>

        <p>Please submit payment with a print-out of this invoice to:</p>
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
                        echo "<input type=\"radio\" name=\"reg_level\" value=\"$reg_levels[$i] %% $reg_fees[$i]\"";
                        if($i == 0) { echo " checked"; }
                        echo "> $reg_levels[$i] - ";
-                       if($reg_fees[$i] > 0) { echo "\$$reg_fees[$i]"; }
+                       if($reg_fees[$i] > 0) { echo "&pound;$reg_fees[$i]"; }
                        else { echo "Free"; }
                        echo "<br />";
                }

If this patch is difficult to apply because of formatting issues on the bulletin board, contact me at pkp-support@sfu.ca and I can email you a copy.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Open Journal Systems Team