Create an extension to update the status

Question

I'm just starting to work with Store 2.x and wondering if it's possible for me to create an extension that updates the order status once the order is complete. I know I'm needing to use the 'store_order_complete_end' hook, but not sure how I can update the status at this point. Can somebody point me in the right direction? I'm basically wanting to update the status to one of 2 things depending on what products they are buying.

Thanks, Dan

Answer 1

Derek was very close. I actually wrote a similar answer to this the other day.

You need to find the actual status before you update the order. Since you already have the $order object, all you need to do is this:

$status = Store\Model\Status::where('name', $status_name)->first();
$order->updateStatus($status);

FYI in case you are wondering, you can loop through the order items like this:

foreach ($order->items as $item) {
    echo($item->entry_id); // etc
}

Answer 2

If you do a print_r($order) inside of your extension, you'll see what you have access to inside of the $order object/array.

You can then loop through the order items it contains and check for your products, then update the exp_store_orders table with a new status for that order (I'm sure its _order_id is contained in the $order object as well).