Including application_top.php

[jeanjean88]

My zencart is installed in public_html folder.

Inside public_html folder I created folder /feeds/.

Inside here I created a .php file where I will generate feeds through php.

I need to include application_top.php to be able to use zencart functions.

I tried several combinations but they are not working.

If I print that, I get success:

if(file_exists("../includes/application_top.php")) { echo 'success'; } else { echo 'fail'; } 

But if I include like this functions I get blank page.

include('../includes/application_top.php'); 

Where is the problem? I start to think that application_top.php can be included only from catalog root?

THanks

[mc12345678]

If the only thing that is in your php file is to include application_top.php, then yes you will get a blank page... application_top does not actually cause any specific output...

So the question is, what follows the request to include application_top and what error(s) are being generated?

Generally speaking, yes the includes/application_top.php file is included or required by a file that is located in the store's root. Your feeds folder can still exist in a sub-folder with the base file in the root of the store, so there should be no hardship in further development in that way.

But as provided/described, it appears that things are working as they should and normally do based on the limited amount of information.

[swguy]

@jeanjean88 the easiest way for you to solve this problem is just to move the create script to the root of your cart. Put the output in feeds, but keep the create script at the same level as /includes and /admin.

If you REALLY want to put your create script in the feeds folder, then BEFORE you include application_top, you need to chdir to the root of the cart.

chdir("..");

and then you might want to chdir back after the include (use getcwd() to capture the current folder, cd back to the return value after, etc.)

[carlwhat]

My zencart is installed in public_html folder.

Inside public_html folder I created folder /feeds/.

Inside here I created a .php file where I will generate feeds through php.

I need to include application_top.php to be able to use zencart functions.

I tried several combinations but they are not working.

If I print that, I get success:

if(file_exists("../includes/application_top.php")) { echo 'success'; } else { echo 'fail'; } 

But if I include like this functions I get blank page.

include('../includes/application_top.php'); 

Where is the problem? I start to think that application_top.php can be included only from catalog root?

THanks

welcome to the wonderful world of php! best of luck.

invest in a good IDE, and try and learn it. it will help immensely.

include is not a function. the parenthesis are not required, and are considered bad form.... but they still work.

you need access to your server logs. what you are doing is failing but now where you think. the include works, but if you go into application_top.php, and change

define('DEBUG_AUTOLOAD', true); 

on my screen, i see:

Warning: require(includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_zc_install_suggested_default.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/base156c/includes/application_top.php on line 114 Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_zc_install_suggested_default.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/base156c/includes/application_top.php on line 114

good luck!

[jeanjean88]

Thanks everybody for answers.

I didn't like to put this .php file in root just to not list too many files into root.

For most this isn't a problem, I understand, but I like to keep things clean.

Anyway I publish here the solution I found, some may find it usefull.

Anyway since all I needed from application_top.php was the ability to get results from funcitons (i.e. I needed to use price functions in my feed generator).

So I created a zencart_lookups_api.php file which stands in root and outputs a json result (according to the $_GET variables in url).

Then my .php feed generator get those results from url and save it into $variables.

zencart_lookups_api.php

<?php 
header("Content-type: application/json");
require('includes/application_top.php');

// Getting actual price when in url ?get_actual_price&products_id=...
if(isset($_GET['get_actual_price'])) {
  if($_GET['products_id']) {
    $products_id = $_GET['products_id'];
    
    $tax_rate_check = $db->Execute("select tax_rate 
                                  from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_TAX_RATES . " t 
                                  where p.products_id = '" . (int)$products_id . "'
                                  and t.tax_class_id = p.products_tax_class_id
                                  limit 1");
    
    $tax_rate = $tax_rate_check->fields['tax_rate'];
    
    $base_price = number_format(zen_get_products_base_price($products_id) * (1+($tax_rate/100)), 2, '.', '');
    $special_price = number_format(zen_get_products_special_price($products_id, true) * (1+($tax_rate/100)), 2, '.', '');
    $sale_price = number_format(zen_get_products_special_price($products_id, false) * (1+($tax_rate/100)), 2, '.', '');


    echo '{"base":"' . $base_price . '",
           "special":"' . $special_price . '",
           "sale":"' . $sale_price . '"
          }';
  }
}
?>

feed_generator.php

 // Getting actual price from zencart
      $server_host =  preg_replace('/^www\./','',$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
      $get_price = _zen_getURL((!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https://www.' : 'http://www.') . $server_host . '/zencart_lookups_api.php?get_actual_price&products_id='.$products_id);
      $get_price = json_decode($get_price, true);
      
      $base_price = $get_price['base'];
      
      $special_price = ($get_price['special'] != '0.00' ? $get_price['special'] : 0);
      $sale_price = ($get_price['sale'] != '0.00' ? $get_price['sale'] : 0);
      $discounted_price = min(array_filter([$sale_price, $special_price]));