add product to cart without the button

[hades87]

Hello everyone,

im working on my own project and wanted to add a product but not with the standard button.
there are multiple actions that need to occur and i didn't think it very user friendly if the customer has to press 2 different buttons for it to work.
so when the user presses a button  it needs to save information to a db and it needs to set a product in the cart.
but im lost in the code of virtuemart. which function do i need to use and what does it need to properly add the product to the cart?

i hope someone can help me
thanks in advance

[jenkinhill]

You don't want the modal "Added to cart" popup? Then try selecting "Display modal popup upon 'Add to cart' " in VM configuration/Checkout.

[hades87]

yes, i know about the popup, that isn't what i was talking about. but thanks for your reply 

i want with my own button in my own module to add a product to the cart.
which function in virtuemart code should i use, or do i need to put certain things in sessions.
i just can't figure it out.

thank you

[jenkinhill]

For an add to cart in an article see http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=94539.msg337937#msg337937

For a product module with add to cart see how the provided VM modules work.

[hades87]

Thank you very much, i think this is exactly what i need.