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Reputation: 26487

PHP: dynamic delivery cost according to postcode

The task is just like the title says: implement in PHP a feature that dynamically sets the delivery cost according to given postcode for United Kingdom. It would be a part of an e-commerce application (precisely: prestashop). It should work more or less like on this page.

My question is: is there any tool I can use? The only thing I've found is a one-table "database" (basically to be downloaded in CSV). But there are 2 problems:

Do you know any tool or webservice or whatever else that deals with such functionalities?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 363

Answers (1)

Mark Baker
Mark Baker

Reputation: 212522

Why not use a postcode database from an official source, such as Ordnance Survey's CodePoint Open - ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/code-point-open - which is also free, and updated four times a year.

CodePoint Open doesn't include the 'specials', because they're not geographically tide (so the valid "SAN TA1" postcode isn't included), but do you really expect to be delivering to the headquarters of the FA or any of those "own postcode" organisations? If you do need those, then you can always add them manually.

Upvotes: 1

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