(10401) order error with one language, other two works fine

[RodG]

the result : this error only occurs in hungarian language shopping and
whats more weird only in case of one category : pendants. Other categories like : rings, personalized, bangles...work well with all three languages!

Well, that's really narrowed it down. A LOT.

At a guess, I'd have to say this is being caused by some sort of character encoding issue.. In other words, there is *something* in the hungarian language file(s) that is only being invoked by the pendants category (what makes that so 'special'?).

I think the way *I'd* be approaching this one would be
1) Make a backup of the hungarian language files.
2) Replace the originals, one at a time with the English (or german) files of the same name.
3) When the problem goes away you'll have identified the file causing the problem.
4) Restore all the original hungarian files from the backups.

5. Attempt to identify exactly what is amiss with the file you've identified. The fix will depend on the actual problem (obviously).

Hopefully this helps.

Cheers
Rod

[Nandor]

Well, that's really narrowed it down. A LOT.

At a guess, I'd have to say this is being caused by some sort of character encoding issue.. In other words, there is *something* in the hungarian language file(s) that is only being invoked by the pendants category (what makes that so 'special'?).

I think the way *I'd* be approaching this one would be
1) Make a backup of the hungarian language files.
2) Replace the originals, one at a time with the English (or german) files of the same name.
3) When the problem goes away you'll have identified the file causing the problem.
4) Restore all the original hungarian files from the backups.

5. Attempt to identify exactly what is amiss with the file you've identified. The fix will depend on the actual problem (obviously).

Hopefully this helps.

Cheers
Rod

Did you mean the language file php-s? there are a lot. or should i look for them in admin?
if i replace the one hungarian l. file with an english wont it crash or something?

thanks
Nandor

[RodG]

Did you mean the language file php-s? there are a lot.

Yes, thems the ones I meant. Yes, there are a lot.
Start with the 'obvious' or most likely ones first, namely, those dealing with the PayPal payments.

if i replace the one hungarian l. file with an english wont it crash or something?

No. It will simply display those particular pages in English rather than hungarian.

If you take a look at the contents of these files, you'll see that they are actually very simple in the way they are structured. They don't contain any actual code (or very little), just a lot of 'defines'.

These 'defines' will be near identical (other than the actual text component) regardless of the language.

For example: /languages/english/modules/payment/paypal.php contains:
---------------------------------------------------------
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_FIRST_NAME', 'First Name:');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_LAST_NAME', 'Last Name:');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_BUSINESS_NAME', 'Business Name:');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_ADDRESS_NAME', 'Address Name:');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_ADDRESS_STREET', 'Address Street:');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_ADDRESS_CITY', 'Address City:');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_ADDRESS_STATE', 'Address State:');
------------------------------------------------------------------------

/languages/hungarian/modules/payment/paypal.php will contain:

define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_FIRST_NAME', 'First Name (in hungarian) :');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_LAST_NAME', 'Last Name (in hungarian):');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_BUSINESS_NAME', 'Business Name (in hungarian):');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_ADDRESS_NAME', 'Address Name (in hungarian):');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_ADDRESS_STREET', 'Address Street (in hungarian):');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_ADDRESS_CITY', 'Address City (in hungarian):');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_ADDRESS_STATE', 'Address State (in hungarian:');

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/languages/binary/modules/payment/paypal.php (should such a language file exist) will contain:

define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_FIRST_NAME', '00010011000111000');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_LAST_NAME', '11000100011110000');
define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_ENTRY_BUSINESS_NAME', '101010111100000');

Note that in all cases, there is the 'english' component (in all upper case). These are a bit like 'placeholders' that is used throughout the zencart code, and then there is the actual text to be used whenever these 'placeholders' are found. If/when you replace the /hungarian/..../paypal.php file with the /english/.../paypal.php file the only difference is the text. Does that make sense?

I am working on the *assumption* that it is one of these hungarian language files that is causing your problem.

Cheers
Rod

[DrByte]

There were a number of PayPal issues fixed between 1.3.9e and 1.3.9h. It would be really helpful if you would upgrade your site to 1.3.9h

[Nandor]

There were a number of PayPal issues fixed between 1.3.9e and 1.3.9h. It would be really helpful if you would upgrade your site to 1.3.9h

Do you have some forum topics about this upgrading?

thanks

Nandor

[kobra]

Do you have some forum topics about this upgrading?

Between 1.3.9e and 1.3.9h there are just updated files
In the docs there is a changed file log you can review

[Nandor]

Between 1.3.9e and 1.3.9h there are just updated files
In the docs there is a changed file log you can review

The are files till : 1.3.9e

like :

changelog-v1-3-9e.html
whatsnew_1.3.9e.html

So there "e" is the highest.

thanks

Nandor

[DrByte]

It was all documented and posted on the forum back when those releases were published several years ago. And the information is also in the /docs/ folder of each release.

Summary:
-download 1.3.9h, unzip
-read the /docs/changed_files_for_139f.html and copy those files over to your site
-read the /docs/changed_files_for_139g.html and copy those files over to your site
-read the /docs/changed_files_for_139h.html and copy those files over to your site
Of course, every time you replace a file, if you've made any changes to that file (or any addons you're using have changed that file), then you'll need to manually re-merge your changes into that file.

[Nandor]

It was all documented and posted on the forum back when those releases were published several years ago. And the information is also in the /docs/ folder of each release.

Summary:
-download 1.3.9h, unzip
-read the /docs/changed_files_for_139f.html and copy those files over to your site
-read the /docs/changed_files_for_139g.html and copy those files over to your site
-read the /docs/changed_files_for_139h.html and copy those files over to your site
Of course, every time you replace a file, if you've made any changes to that file (or any addons you're using have changed that file), then you'll need to manually re-merge your changes into that file.

honestly i dont find from where to download this....
thanks
Nandor

[DrByte]

honestly i dont find from where to download this....

There's a download link on the home page of www.zen-cart.com: http://sourceforge.net/projects/zencart/files/