Contest System [support thread]

[divaboutiques]

I can not recreate what is happing to you.

You say that the contestant data is getting stored in the database then there is no reason that you should get these errors displayed.

Try this test.

1. Enter a name in the name field only submit the form.

Did it add a contestant record to the database?

If NO

2. Enter a name in the name field and a valid email in the email field. submit the form.

Did it add a contestant record to the database?

If NO

3. Fill out the whole form and submit the form.

Did it add a record to the database?

1st. Did it add a contestant record to the database? No it didn't add the information to the database

2nd. Did it add a contestant record to the database? Yes it added the information to the database, but I still received this error at the top of the contestant page, and I only see 6 entries but I can't see the contestant name & information now

Error: Your name must not be empty.
Error: Your e-mail address must be a valid e-mail address.

3rd. 3. Fill out the whole form and submit the form? Yes it added the information to the database, but I still received this error at the top of the contestant page, and I only see 6 entries but I can't see the contestant name & information now
Error: Your name must not be empty.
Error: Your e-mail address must be a valid e-mail address.

So I don't know what happened now!

[skipwater]

So I don't know what happened now!

Now you need to edit the file includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_contest_default.php to do some more testing.

At around line 18 find

  $show_invite = false; 

Now insert this right above it so it looks like this.

       // testing use only
    if ($error == false) {
     echo 'ERROR FALSE<br />';
    } else {
     echo 'ERROR TRUE<br />';
     // should not be set to true here reset to false
     $error = false;
    }

$show_invite = false; 

Next find around line 82

// echo $entry_email_address.'<br/>'.$entry_name.'<br/>'.$entry_valid; 

And just remove the two(2) // so it looks like this

echo $entry_email_address.'<br/>'.$entry_name.'<br/>'.$entry_valid; 

Now when you run the contest you will see this information.
Displayed on your screen.

What is there ?

Skip

[divaboutiques]

I did what you said do for the file, but when I enter the contest it still give this error, also I still can't see the contestant entry emails and names

Error: Your name must not be empty.
Error: Your e-mail address must be a valid e-mail address.

[divaboutiques]

I went through all my files and made sure everything was uploaded correctly and uploaded in the right directories/folders.

I so love this module, but after going through everything. I have 3 problems right now with my contest module:

1st. I'm getting 2 errors at the top of the contest page, when customers enter there name & email address, but the data is in the system.

2nd. I can't see any *Contest Prize Entries*, but again the data is in the sytem because it giving a number of how many people have entered the contest. it was working fine before with the older version, until I think I upgraded

3rd. When I click on add customers, to add every customer that have purchased something within the contest time frame it's blank, but there are customer who have purchased within the contest period

I need help on clearing these problems

[skipwater]

When you added the debug code you did get the following that is shown in the image I attached?

[divaboutiques]

Do I need to add the debug code?

[divaboutiques]

I don't see anything like that I also tried to run the debug fix, but I wasn't successful