Products Combination Generator - timing out with lots of variables?

[zzzmaillists]

I am new here :-) and love PrestaShop which ive just found

 

Thought i would try building my first site, a pizza place for my friend

 

but with 5 attributes  (size, Base , extra toppings 1, extra toppings 2 and extra toppings 3 )  and lots of pizza toppings the site doesn't seem to be able to cope as if when I use too many variables it hangs and can't process them?

Am i going about the set up the wrong way?

 

If i do less variables its OK, but each topping has 25 vegetables

 

Many Thanks for any help !!

 

 

[PascalVG]

zzz,

The problem indeed here is amount of variations. For each combination, Prestashop keeps some records, like quantity, the specifics of the variation etc. When having size*base*extra1*extra2*extra3 = 3*25*25*25*25  = 1171875 variations.

 

 

Some possible options:

1) Make each base a different product. This will already reduce the 1171875 back to 46,875 variations (Still a lot, though). This may make it (just barely) working for you.

2) There is a module Attribute Wizard pro from forum member tomerg3, which changes the way attributes are defined. This way, more attributes won't give problems with million-multiple variations. Not cheap, but most probably gives you a good solution to the problem. Maybe give it a look

 

3) Create some extra Product properties + DB fields and make some special purpose code that will let you choose the toppings. May take some time to develop though, so check if i the end option 2 is not cheaper...

 

My 2 cents,

pascal.

[zzzmaillists]

HI Pascal

Thankyou for your kind reply - I hope you are well 

 

Some good ideas in your reply, some people mention the php.ini file or does that not make a difference because of the size
min has :

• max_execution_time = 30
• max_input_time = 60
• memory_limit = 128M
• upload_max_filesize = 20M
• post_max_size = 24M
• max_input_vars = 4000

 

in it !

 

I will check out the module but it looks quite expensive, i did try woocommerce but ran into the same "timing out" issue

I thought a pizza place with:

 

Sizes: 9" 12" and 16

Bases: normal , garlic, peri peri , BBQ, Chilli

Toppings 1 : No Extra Toppings | White Onions | Red Onions | Peppers | Green Olives | Sweetcorn | Tomatoes | Jalapenos | Fresh Chillies | Spinach | Pineapple | Rocket | Coriander | Basil | Capers | Meatballs | Ham | Chicken | Tandoori Chicken | BBQ Chicken | Minced Beed | Tuna | Turkey Rashers | Cheese

Toppings 2 : No Extra Toppings | White Onions | Red Onions | Peppers | Green Olives | Sweetcorn | Tomatoes | Jalapenos | Fresh Chillies | Spinach | Pineapple | Rocket | Coriander | Basil | Capers | Meatballs | Ham | Chicken | Tandoori Chicken | BBQ Chicken | Minced Beed | Tuna | Turkey Rashers | Cheese

Toppings 3: No Extra Toppings | White Onions | Red Onions | Peppers | Green Olives | Sweetcorn | Tomatoes | Jalapenos | Fresh Chillies | Spinach | Pineapple | Rocket | Coriander | Basil | Capers | Meatballs | Ham | Chicken | Tandoori Chicken | BBQ Chicken | Minced Beed | Tuna | Turkey Rashers | Cheese 

 

options would be easier to make ! I was wanting it to look like this:

 

http://www.pizzaandcolonglands.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1

 

PrestaShop is really cool, looks really nice in its vanilla flavour,  i really want to invest in this and spend some money on premium options !