AutoTweet [support]

[jamielife]

Figured I'd go head and start a thread for the AutoTweet mod I uploaded that was recently made available at http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=1523.

This simply auto updates your twitter followers everytime you add a product. The product name and shortened (bit.ly) link to the product are automatically tweeted without you ever having to leave the zencart admin. It also offers link tracking stats as well (through bit.ly).

*Note: you will need to have Curl installed.
*You will also need a free bit.ly api key (though this is optional).
*More info available in readme.
*Also I forgot to mention it in the readme, but this mod is shared under GPL licensing terms. Do whatever you want with it.

***Remember always backup your files before installing anything.

[frank18]

Thanks for a great mod. Installation was simple and went without glitch. Useful tracking stats on Bit.ly

[jamielife]

Good, glad you liked it.

[dgarrett20]

I get the following after adding a product:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONST, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/knivdavi/public_html/adminfolder/twitter/twitter.php on line 56

[jamielife]

what version of PHP are you running?

[dgarrett20]

It's 1.3.8a

[CobusSound]

Hi, I have installed the autotweet mod after changing the update_product.php file but get the following errors:

Warning: curl_setopt_array() [function.curl-setopt-array]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/twitter/bitly.php on line 141
{ "errorCode": 0, "errorMessage": "", "results": { "http://www.soundonline.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=93&products_id=427": { "hash": "cxFYvi", "shortCNAMEUrl": "http://bit.ly/9UmxW9", "shortKeywordUrl": "", "shortUrl": "http://bit.ly/9UmxW9", "userHash": "9UmxW9" } }, "statusCode": "OK" }
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'BitlyException' with message 'Invalid JSON-response' in /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/twitter/bitly.php:196 Stack trace: #0 /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/twitter/bitly.php(382): Bitly->doCall('shorten', Array) #1 /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/includes/modules/update_product.php(146): Bitly->shorten('http://www.soun...') #2 /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/product.php(62): require('/usr/www/users/...') #3 {main} thrown in /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/twitter/bitly.php on line 196

I have PHP5 and cURL enabled.

I have no idea how to fix this. Please help.

[jamielife]

I'm looking into this. In the meantime;

1. Make sure your host's PHP configuration in not in safe mode (php.ini).
2. Is open_basedir set to correct directories?

You make have to contact your hosting co. to verify.

[jamielife]

It looks like CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION doesn't work with open_basedir on. Your host may have to turn this off

[jamielife]

fixed this.
You have to edit both bitly.php and twitter.php

on line 133 bitly.php and line 158 of twitter.php comment out

$options[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION] = true; 

so that it looks like:

//$options[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION] = true; 

then somewhere around line 136 on bitly.php and line 161 on twitter.php add:

if ( ini_get('open_basedir') == '' ) {
$options[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION] = true;
} 

Everything should work fine. (at least it did on my local machine)