Hi Jasonk,

I modified my add_item subroutine from hashref to arrayref and three things are occurring:
(1) when I select the first color on my list I'm receiving the following message: Can't coerce an array into a hash.
(2) when I select an item of another color, my view cart only shows item_id, quantity, and color; the description and price is not carried foward.
(3) when I try to select the same item again with a different color; it's still overwriting placing the most recent choice into the cart and removing the previous choice.

Here is how my new add_item subroutine appears when I made your modification:
sub add_item
{
my ($dbh, $cart_ref, $item_id, $qty, $color) = @_;

    # If the item isn't already in the cart, look it up from the datab
+ase
    # and store it in the cart as a new entry with a quantity of zero.
    if (!exists ($cart_ref->{$item_id}))
    {
        my $sth = $dbh->prepare ("SELECT * FROM catalog_pet
                                    WHERE item_id = ?");
        $sth->execute ($item_id);
        my $item_ref = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref ();
        $sth->finish ();
        return if !defined ($item_ref);    # this shouldn't happen...
        $cart_ref->{$item_id} = {};    # create new entry, indexed by 
+item ID
        $cart_ref->{$item_id}->{description} = $item_ref->{description
+};
        $cart_ref->{$item_id}->{price} = $item_ref->{price};
        $cart_ref->{$item_id}->{qty} = 1;
    }
    $cart_ref->{$item_id}->{qty} = $qty;    
                $cart_ref->{$item_id}->{color} = $color;    
}

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Any other thoughts or ideas would be great! Thanks

In reply to Re: Re: Need duplicate item entries in shopping cart by b310
in thread Need duplicate item entries in shopping cart by b310

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