Help? (Invalid Parameter)?

[Ajeh]

Okay everyone freeze ...

Only if you have an INVALID PARAMATER error ... should you be in this thread ...

If you have the invalid paramater error answer the following questions:

1 Who do you host with?

2 unix or windows?

3 what version of php?

4 clean install or upgrade?

5 are you using IPN or PayPal Express?

6 Do you have 1 or both installed? Meaning, if not using one or the other do you have the other one installed?

7 is there a pattern or specific country that this happens with?

8 Live or Sandbox?

Then sit quietly while we look at this further to determin the pattern here ...

Thanks!

[CafePrima]

1 Who do you host with? Bluehost

2 unix or windows? Bluehost: Linux
phpmyadmin: Localhost via UNIX socket

3 what version of php? phpmyadmin 2.9.0.2 mysql: 4.1.21

4 clean install or upgrade? Clean install through fantastico with my host

5 are you using IPN or PayPal Express? when receiving this error? Paypal Express

6 Do you have 1 or both installed? Meaning, if not using one or the other do you have the other one installed? I have both installed but only Paypal Express turned on.

7 is there a pattern or specific country that this happens with? No

8 Live or Sandbox? Live

[martinr]

1 Who do you host with?
Infinology
2 unix or windows?
UNIX (FreeBSD 4.10)
3 what version of php?
Can't figure this out. I can probably get an answer .... eventually.
4 clean install or upgrade?
Installed all files over 1.3x, database upgrade. Installed Feb 8 patch. Uninstalled and reinstalled PayPal IPN module. Re-pasted API parameters.

5 are you using IPN or PayPal Express?
IPN 'cos PayPal express fails.
6 Do you have 1 or both installed? Meaning, if not using one or the other do you have the other one installed?
Both are installed.
7 is there a pattern or specific country that this happens with?
So far - US only.
8 Live or Sandbox?
Live

[Rememberthemoments]

1 Who do you host with? Bluehost

2 unix or windows? Linux

3 what version of php? Php 4.4.4

4 clean install or upgrade? Clean

5 are you using IPN or PayPal Express? PayPal Express

6 Do you have 1 or both installed? Meaning, if not using one or the other do you have the other one installed?

Currently I only have Express installed (removed PHP because I couldn't get the echeck issue fixed, then removed Express when it quit working and re-installed IPN when Express quit working a few days ago. I have tried running both together to see if it worked, but no change)

7 is there a pattern or specific country that this happens with? I have only had transactions from the US

8 Live or Sandbox? Live

Then sit quietly while we look at this further to determin the pattern here ... (My pleasure)

Thanks!
THANK YOU!!!!

[Rememberthemoments]

6 Do you have 1 or both installed? Meaning, if not using one or the other do you have the other one installed?

Currently I only have Express installed (removed PHP because I couldn't get the echeck issue fixed, then removed Express when it quit working and re-installed IPN when Express quit working a few days ago. I have tried running both together to see if it worked, but no change)

**edited***

I meant removed IPN! Sorry!

[CafePrima]

This is UPDATED info after talking to my host provider. New info is red. I can't delete the other post or I would.

1 Who do you host with? Bluehost

2 unix or windows? Bluehost: Linux
phpmyadmin: Localhost via UNIX socket

3 what version of php? 4.4.4

4 clean install or upgrade? Clean install through fantastico with my host

5 are you using IPN or PayPal Express? when receiving this error? Paypal Express

6 Do you have 1 or both installed? Meaning, if not using one or the other do you have the other one installed? I have both installed but only Paypal Express turned on.

7 is there a pattern or specific country that this happens with? No

8 Live or Sandbox? Live

[andrabr]

FOUND IT!!!! Fixed it (maybe).

but first, the requested data:

1 Who do you host with? goDaddy

2 unix or windows? Linux

3 what version of php? 5.0.4

4 clean install or upgrade? Clean install + latest patch.

5 are you using IPN or PayPal Express? when receiving this error? Paypal Express

6 Do you have 1 or both installed? Meaning, if not using one or the other do you have the other one installed? - only Paypal Express

7 is there a pattern or specific country that this happens with? Definitely US, not certain of others.

8 Live or Sandbox? Live


Being impatient i started looking at the code. In paypalwpp.php in function ec_step2_finish around line 1770 there is a nice check

if (!isset($paypal_ec_payer_info['ship_country_code']))

Well, it just happens that it IS set to '' (nothing).

Changing that line to:
if ((!isset($paypal_ec_payer_info['ship_country_code'])) OR ($paypal_ec_payer_info['ship_country_code']=='')) {$paypal_ec_payer_info['ship_country_code'] = $country1->fields['countries_iso_code_2']; $_SESSION['paypal_ec_payer_info']['ship_country_code']= $country1->fields['countries_iso_code_2'];}

allowed me to successfully complete a transaction.

Now, I do NOT know PHP, and I do NOT understand Zen Cart guts well enough to say that this is IT. The problem is probably somewhere upstream and the fix is more elegant.

I can easily imagine though that PAyPal changed their protocol to return an empty but defined value instead of returning none, thus quietly throwing a wrench into Zen Cart machinery.

I can't wait what the PROs think!

~Andrey

[CafePrima]

FOUND IT!!!! Fixed it (maybe).

I can't wait what the PROs think!

~Andrey

I can't tell you what the PROs will think but I will tell you that *I* could kiss you right now! Thank you thank you!

I get a really long lag after the paypal screen when I'm back on my site and click "confirm" but the order DOES go through and I get both the payment and the order confirm. So slow is better than not at all and I'll take it!

THANK YOU!

[Rememberthemoments]

Ohh! Off to try it now!!

There are a few paypalwpp.php files. Were is it locater?

includes/modules/payment/paypalwpp.php

or

includes/lanugage/english/modules/payment/paypalwpp.php

[CafePrima]

includes/modules/payment/paypalwpp.php

I made the fix in that file and have been able to successfully (but slowly) check out