ActionOrderStatusUpdate and ActionOrderStatusPostUpdate hooks

[anothergilemon]

Hello,

I'm having a problem with both ActionOrderStatusUpdate and ActionOrderStatusPostUpdate hooks.

I'm trying to execute some code when an Order status is updated to "Processing in progress". If this code is executed successfully, I'd like to automatically pass the order status to "Shipped".

Unfortunately no matter which of these 2 hooks I use (especially ActionOrderStatusPostUpdate) , the "Processing in progress" status is always the latest. It does look like it's impossible to inject another status when PS is executing the "changeIdOrderState". The first status triggering this code will always be the latest.

I have tried directly changing the database by adding few seconds to "date_add" column in the order_history table, but it seems clumsy. Plus, it doesn't solve the problem of having the "current_state" column in orders table remaining in "Processing in progress".

In other words, how can you execute some code after the status of an order as changed and everything is really finished in database?

Hope you can help with this, thanks.

 

Edited February 10, 2019 by anothergilemon (see edit history)