Help with WHMCS Hook to Target Specific Clients with Draft Mode Invoices and Manual Edits

[sokalsondha]

Hello WHMCS community,

I’m running a telecom business and using WHMCS for client billing. I face a unique challenge where I need to automatically generate invoices each month with variable phone charges for my clients, and I want to ensure these invoices remain in draft mode so that I can manually edit them before sending.

Here’s my planned workflow:

1. WHMCS generates invoices automatically via the cron job, which it already does.

2. Invoices are immediately set to draft mode for specific clients only.

   • To do this, I plan to specify a comma-separated list of client IDs within the hook. Only these clients will be affected by the hook.

3. I manually edit the invoices by adding custom charges as necessary.

4. Once edited, I manually publish the invoice and use the “Send Invoice” button to send the invoice to the client.

However, I’ve encountered a problem: even after I manually publish the invoices, I can’t send them because of the interference from the hook.

I’m looking for a solution where I can:

• Target specific clients by including their user IDs in the hook.

• Keep the invoices in draft mode for these clients.

• Allow manual editing and publishing of the invoices so I can send them without issues.

Has anyone experienced this or can suggest how to modify the hook to allow manual sending after invoice publication? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Rizvi