Large Debug Cache files - problems in tpl_spots_sidebox.php

[mcintosh55]

I am using Zen cart v. 1.3.9h. I have 2 other instances of zen that I am using. Only one instance exhibits the problem.

Something is creating numerous large files in the cache folder. In 10 minutes something has created 2 debug files each over 148 mb. My hosting service is no happy about the files.

Any help would be appreciated.

[haredo]

Please post back the last 4 errors for help...

root directory/ cache

[mcintosh55]

The last debug file was labeled:

myDEBUG-1306278111-730530.log

another just came in:

myDEBUG-1306280854-988367.log

[Website Rob]

Can you post the first 4 lines of either debug file?
(In whatever you post, remove the first two dir's of your hosting account path for security reasons.)

Also, are you using ImageHandler 2 and if yes, have you updated it to use the version for Zen Cart 1.3.9h?

[mcintosh55]

1 16:48:01] PHP Warning: feof(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /-/includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_spots_sidebox.php on line 57
[24-May-2011 16:48:01] PHP Warning: fgets(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in -/includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_spots_sidebox.php on line 59
[24-May-2011 16:48:01] PHP Warning: feof(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in -/includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_spots_sidebox.php on line 57
[24-May-2011 16:48:01] PHP Warning: fgets(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in -/includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_spots_sidebox.php on line 59

[DrByte]

There is no "tpl_spots_sidebox.php" file in original Zen Cart. What addon did that come from? Clearly it's got a bug in it. What's it doing from lines 10-60?

[mcintosh55]

It is a side box that was added in the past by someone no loner around. It adds metals prices in a sidebox. I had totally forgotten it had been added.


<?php


/**


* blank sidebox - allows a blank sidebox to be added to your site


*


* @package templateSystem


* @copyright 2007 Kuroi Web Design


* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003-2007 Zen Cart Development Team


* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0


* @version $Id: blank_sidebox.php 2007-05-26 kuroi $


*/




$content = '';


$content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent">';




// Replace the text and HTML tags between the apostophes on lines 19 and 20.

// Use as many or as few lines using this model as you need for your custom content.
// If you have a multilingual site define your text in the languages/YOUR_LANGUAGE/extra_definitions/blank_sidebox_defines.php and include it as shown in line 19.
// If your site is monolingual, you can put the text right here as shown on line 20 (and nobody will know!)

$content .= '<center><p><a href=index.php?main_page=page_4>' . TEXT_SPOTS_SIDEBOX . '</a></p></center>';

$gold = 0;
$silver = 0;
$platinum = 0;
$palladium = 0;
$file = fopen("http://a.coinnet.com/cgi-bin/freebie" , "r");

$content .= "<table><tr><td></td><td>Last</td><td>Change</td></tr>";

while(!feof($file)){

$line = fgets($file);

$line = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $line);
if(preg_match("/Gold/", $line)&& $gold == 0){
$s1 = fgets($file);
$s1 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s1);
$s2 = fgets($file);
$s2 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s2);
$s3 = fgets($file);
$s3 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s3);
$content .= "<tr><td>". $line . "</td><td>". $s1 . "</td><td>". $s3 . "</td></tr>";
$gold ++;
}elseif (preg_match("/Silver/", $line) && $silver == 0){
$s1 = fgets($file);
$s1 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s1);
$s2 = fgets($file);
$s2 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s2);
$s3 = fgets($file);
$s3 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s3);
$content .= "<tr><td>". $line . "</td><td>". $s1 . "</td><td>". $s3 . "</td></tr>";
$silver ++;
}elseif (preg_match("/Platinum/", $line) && $platinum == 0){
$s1 = fgets($file);
$s1 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s1);
$s2 = fgets($file);
$s2 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s2);
$s3 = fgets($file);
$s3 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s3);
$content .= "<tr><td>". $line . "</td><td>". $s1 . "</td><td>". $s3 . "</td></tr>";
$platinum ++;
}elseif (preg_match("/Palladium/", $line) && $palladium == 0){
$s1 = fgets($file);
$s1 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s1);
$s2 = fgets($file);
$s2 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s2);
$s3 = fgets($file);
$s3 = preg_replace("/<.*?>/", "", $s3);
$content .= "<tr><td>". $line . "</td><td>". $s1 . "</td><td>". $s3 . "</td></tr>";
$palladium ++;
}

}

$content .= "</table>";





//$content .= '<p><a href=index.php?main_page=page_4>Click Here</a></p></center>';

$content .= '</div>';

[DrByte]

$file = fopen("http://a.coinnet.com/cgi-bin/freebie" , "r");

That line is trying to use a PHP function named "fopen" to access an external website (a.coinnet.com) to "read" (the "r") the data on that page.

Many hosting companies nowadays specifically prohibit "fopen" from accessing external websites (allow_url_fopen = off) for security reasons, since hackers/phishers will often use that very approach for nefarious reasons.
So, it could be that your hosting company (or your server administrator, whoever controls the master PHP configuration on that server) has specifically changed things to be more secure, and the side-effect is that the errors you reported are now being triggered.

If your hosting company won't re-allow access to that URL, then you might need to rewrite the PHP to use something like CURL to read the data, and then also rewrite the code that parses it (all the fgets and feof etc function calls) to loop thru the data a little differently in order to get the desired end result.

Or, if the sidebox is no longer really needed, you could just turn it off and that particular problem goes away.

[DrByte]

Hmmm ... actually ... the problem may be even worse than that ...

If you try visiting that URL with your browser, you'll see that the page is blank and a "not found" error is returned.

So, whether that allow_url_fopen is set or not, you're still gonna get no useful data back.

If you want the functionality that that sidebox was giving at one time, you'll need to find another source for the data before you even bother considering the best method of reading and parsing the data for use.

For now I suggest turning off the sidebox: Admin->Tools->Layout Boxes Controller.

[mcintosh55]

I already turned it off.

Thanks for the help.