I was wondering if there is a way through which one can create unique Discount Coupon codes every time through code or some script and mail it to different customers as per needed. Here's the script that I found over the net,
public function generateRuleAction()
{
$rndId = crypt(uniqid(rand(),1));
$rndId = strip_tags(stripslashes($rndId));
$rndId = str_replace(array(".", "$"),"",$rndId);
$rndId = strrev(str_replace("/","",$rndId));
if (!is_null($rndId))
{
strtoupper(substr($rndId, 0, 5));
}
$groups = array();
foreach ($customerGroups as $group)
{
$groups[] = $group->getId();
}
$websites = Mage::getModel('core/website')->getCollection();
$websiteIds = array();
foreach ($websites as $website)
{
$websiteIds[] = $website->getId();
}
$uniqueId = strtoupper($rndId);
$rule = Mage::getModel('salesrule/rule');
$rule->setName($uniqueId);
$rule->setDescription('Generated for Test Purposes');
$rule->setFromDate(date('Y-m-d'));//starting today
//$rule->setToDate('2011-01-01');//if an expiration date's needed
$rule->setCouponCode($uniqueId);
$rule->setUsesPerCoupon(1);//number of allowed uses for this coupon
$rule->setUsesPerCustomer(1);//number of allowed uses for this coupon for each customer
$customerGroups = Mage::getModel('customer/group')->getCollection();
$rule->setCustomerGroupIds($groups);
$rule->setIsActive(1);
$rule->setStopRulesProcessing(0);//set to 1 if you want all other rules after this to not be processed
$rule->setIsRss(0);//set to 1 if you want this rule to be public in rss
$rule->setIsAdvanced(1);
$rule->setProductIds('');
$rule->setSortOrder(0);// order in which the rules will be applied
$rule->setSimpleAction('by_percent');
$rule->setDiscountAmount('20');//the discount amount/percent.
//if SimpleAction is by_percent this value must be <= 100
$rule->setDiscountQty(0);//Maximum Qty Discount is Applied to
$rule->setDiscountStep(0);//used for buy_x_get_y; This is X
$rule->setSimpleFreeShipping(0);//set to 1 for Free shipping
$rule->setApplyToShipping(1);//set to 0 if you don't want the rule to be applied to shipping
$rule->setWebsiteIds($websiteIds);
$conditions = array();
$conditions[1] = array(
'type' => 'salesrule/rule_condition_combine',
'aggregator' => 'all',
'value' => 1,
'new_child' => ''
);
$conditions['1--1'] = Array
(
'type' => 'salesrule/rule_condition_address',
'attribute' => 'base_subtotal',
'operator' => '>=',
'value' => 200
);
$labels = array();
$labels[0] = 'Default store label';//default store label
$labels[1] = 'Label for store with id 1';
//....
$labels[n] = 'Label for store with id n';
//add one line for each store view you have. The key is the store view ID
$rule->setData('conditions',$conditions);
$rule->loadPost($rule->getData());
$rule->setCouponType(2);
$rule->setStoreLabels($labels);
$rule->save();
}
This script creates a huge 26-letter unique code just about fine. I understand this code some what but not completely and hence do not know how to create a small 6-7 letter unique code each time and mail it to the customer. I am also not sure as to how I should go about mailing these codes to my customers.
Any input or suggestions would be well appreciated. Thanks.
EDIT :After writing the code @Jitendra provided, the coupon code works fine and gets created fine. Now how do I call this file in my function which is my module's IndexController.php? Also how do I mail this coupon code to each different customer based on the following condition:
$sample_model2 = Mage::getModel('sample/sample')->getCollection();
$sample_model2->addFieldToFilter('order_email_id', $customerEmail);
foreach($sample_model2 as $final_model1)
{
echo '<br/>Email: ' . $final_model1['order_id'] . '<br/>';
/*NEED SOME FUNCTION TO BE CALLED HERE TO CREATE UNIQUE COUPON CODE FOR EACH EMAIL ID AND MAIL THEM TO THE CUSTOMER*/
}