Currency Update (Automatic)

[Vortex12]

Hi Again, i am having trouble as im not to educated in php code. getting the Define line17 set out right
I have this /var/www/html/shop-adons/automated_currency_update_v3_1/currency_update.php

If anyone could help i have read the forum over a few times now.
Help would be awesome thaks in advance

[Vortex12]

I hope this post is still running, It would be nice if someone spare a moment
this is from my host
Do you support crontab for scheduled tasks?
No, we don't currently support cron or any other type of task scheduling. We have had members ask for this, and we will try to implement the support in a future hosting version.
As a possible alternative for in the meantime, you could use a crontab service from a different company to 'trigger' your script hosted on Bravenet at predefined intervals.

I would pay to have this done If anyone?
Please help

[ShoesBuyOnline]

Nice add-on! I used this on my local testing PC, it works fine and do update the exchange rate. But I found the value is much different from the result I got using the zen-cart built-in function. Who knows Why?

[kuroi]

I found the value is much different from the result I got using the zen-cart built-in function. Who knows Why?

The answer can be found earlier in this thread. The built in service was written prior to the service providers changing their terms of business to forbid the screen-scrapping of real-time data that was common at the time. Nowadays you have to buy the service if you want to use it this way.

As a result the current version of the mod uses a different source (official European Central Bank rates, updated once a day). Zen Cart 2.0 will also use this legitimate source.

[kuroi]

I hope this post is still running, It would be nice if someone spare a moment
this is from my host
Do you support crontab for scheduled tasks?
No, we don't currently support cron or any other type of task scheduling. We have had members ask for this, and we will try to implement the support in a future hosting version.
As a possible alternative for in the meantime, you could use a crontab service from a different company to 'trigger' your script hosted on Bravenet at predefined intervals.

I would pay to have this done If anyone?
Please help

Rather than paying somebody to do this for you (though it's really quite straightforward - just put the script in your site's root directory and ask the service to make a call to it once a day), I'd recommend spending your money on a host with a full range of services. You shouldn't need to pay somebody else to set up another paid service just because your web host doesn't offer a fairly basic facility.

[imnaughty]

I am new to this and have not had any problems setting up anything else with zencart until now.

I am loosing my mind with this. I have been at it for hours just to make sure i have read all the posts and not missed something.

The error I am getting when I try to access the "currency_update_curled.php file" using my browser just to see if it works is:

Warning: require_once(/home/[username]/public_html/imnaughty.net/includes/cinfigure.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No suchfile or directory in /home/dirtysic/public_html/imnaughty.net/currency_update_curled.php on line 20

Fatal error:require_once() [function.require-once]: Failed opeding required '/home/dcm2hdf/public_html/imnaughty.net/includes/configure.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/dirtysic/public_html/imnaughty.net/currency_update_curled.php on line 20


I have tried every variation i can think of. The "currency_update_curled.php file" is in the root directory. I have setup the cron job to be:
curl imnaughty.net/currency_update.php

as mentioned in a post about curled (cpanel)

I am unsure about the [username] also, is it your zencart usename or your username to login to cpanel or your username to login to your hosting???

Sorry if this is silly but i truely have read all 18 pages and cannot figure it out.

[whitt]

If you read the part you posted it says No suchfile or directory and failed to open file.

You need to play around with the part of script which mentions location.

Depending on your webhost the method you use may differ. See previous posts here for suggestions others have used

[imnaughty]

Hi Whitt,

Thanks for your comment. I understand that the location is the problem but I just can not figure it out. I have tried sooo many variations and literally read every post in the now 19 pages but can not get the right location.

I think it has maybe to do with the username,
When it says [username] - what username does it mean?

[whitt]

i use curled version and

'/var/www/vhosts/mywebsite.com/httpdocs/'

[imnaughty]

Re: Currency Update (Automatic)

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i use curled version and

'/var/www/vhosts/mywebsite.com/httpdocs/'

Thank you for being so patient and taking to to assist.
I am trying everything i can think of and will try what you have above. In your example what does the "var" represent and the "vhost"????

not sure if this helps but my domain name is in my hosting account as an addon domain although the "currency etc" file is in the root directory for that domain name which is also the root directory for the zen-cart

Also just to clarify, the cron job detail should not affect me at this point of just using my browser to test if the file work - correct?