Nuke Treasury 2006 | PHPNuke 8.0 | Block Does NOT Update

New Member Joined: Jun 01, 2007 Posts: 7

I have searched the forums, read posts from years ago and tried everything. I read that there was a problem with godaddy. So I changed hosts. I have IPN set up.

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PayPal's Instant Payment Notification (IPN) allows you to integrate PayPal payments with your website back-end operations.

Instant Payment Notification (IPN) On
Instant Payment Notification (IPN) URL: http://www.trp-clan.com/modules/Donations/ipn/ipnppd.php

This is what I get when I test the IPN.

Quote:

Debug mode activated

PHP-Nuke Treasury mod

PayPal Instant Payment Notification script

See below for status:
----------------------------------------------------------------
Connection to db - OK!
Opening connection and validating request with PayPal...
OK!
Selecting database...OK!
Executing test query...PASSED!
PayPal Receiver Email: bigsig82@yahoo.comLogging events

----------------------------------------------------------------
If you don't see any error messages, you should be good to go!

Where should I go from here?

registered · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:31 am

Ask your host if they allow PHP scripts to use the fsockopen() call to open a socket on a remote host. I think some hosts disable this function for security reasons.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:51 am

Alright, shot them an email and ill let you know what their response is.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:42 pm

Their Response:

Quote:

Yes, we do allow the the 'fsockopen()' PHP resource in the PHP code of our
customers. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or
concerns.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:40 pm

Rats. Well I am at a loss then. This is a common complaint, but no one can seem to put their finger on it. The block works for me, but in the past it has failed to update for me, but not within the last year. Like we have said in another thread on this very same subject, there is some talk of adding this module to the next RavenNuke. If we do, we will clean it up and add additional instrumentation to it to see why it fails to update the database for so many folks.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:57 pm

Is there any scripts or tools I can use to help track down the problem. It also seems that even if I manually add contributions the block still doesn't work.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:23 pm

I've had to manually add entries before with phpMyAdmin. Just make sure you get the date correct and it should work...

The code in the ipnppd.php script is pretty hairy. But somewhere in there is the problem, probably.

I wouldn't rule out other problems though. Can you test your IPN notification from Paypal somehow? I haven't looked at that recently. I know Paypal has added a lot of stuff within the last year.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:32 pm

I was once helping a gaming clan debug why their teamspeak and game server blocks stopped working. The fsockopen() calls were failing, but had worked for months in the past. It turns out the host had to reboot their firewall. Unfortunately, given the nature of the internet, sockets are going to fail to open sometimes. You could try to write a test php script that opened a remote socket and see if that worked at all. I could send you one if you want. PM me your email if you are interested.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:48 pm

Honest to god, I don't know how or why, but it started working. It only took 3 reinstalls and lots of headaches but its now working. Wow, this is a big weight off my shoulders. Thanks for all the help.

However, previously with GoDaddy it would not work. So for anyone who can't get it to work and are hosted with godaddy thats probably why. Theres much better hosts out there... Learned my lesson >_<