Check if order paid by card (Visa/MasterCard)

Question

Please, explain, how can I check if order paid by (credit/debit) card?

I need to check if order paid by card in observer. I know only order id.

Answer 1

To get the payment method title by order id

$order = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->load(24999); // your order entity_id

$order = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->loadByIncrementId('10000001'); // increment id

echo $method = $order->getPayment()->getMethodInstance()->getTitle();

now the $method will return payment method title. So you can do your logic with this.

Edit

As @Marius comment

$method = $order->getPayment()->getMethodInstance()->getCode();

The payment method code will not change for each store view. So better you could use method code.