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I have a problem with some particular places of Greece.
There are some places (very small villages or small islandes) that we dont want to show shipping cost and we want to show a message "Contact us" with a link to the contact form (if possible).
I have the Zip code of all these places.
The problem is that the zip code is very commun and sometimes the user insert it with space like this:
300 01
or like this:
30001
In the plugin I cannot include it in two ways. How do I include these cases?
What can I do?
Is it possible to "obligate" the user to put the ZIP only without spaces, as the plugin doesnt support spaces, validating the billing and shipping form? or maybe is it easier including in the plugin the two ways of the ZIP code?

VirtueMart version
3.0.16
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3.6.2
PHP version
5.4.45
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Apache
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Dear DKaneloglou,
You are right, out of the box, spaces inside numbers cause the plugin to not properly understand the zip code as a such. If here are two common variants (i.e. you mention 300 01 as being quite common), it is probably easiest to simply check for both versions:
By default, the plugin does not have string manipulation routines, so ignoring spaces in a variable is not so straightforward. One can extend the plugin to provide string manipulation, e.g. remove all spaces from the ZIP code before doing checks on it, but this requires some custom coding...

Best regards,
Reinhold

Best regards,
Reinhold