Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[wagnerguy]

numinix, do have any idea about this iss below?

got the following message
ERROR: fy_un_tp is not a valid feed template

has anyone seen this before?

this is a earlier repost

thanks

I still having this issue, is there something missing, should i reupload the files?

[wagnerguy]

I still having this issue, is there something missing, should i reupload the files?

ok, what i click the create product feed,the dialogue has wordpress error at the top. could this mean that wordpress is interfering with the product feed?

[smtseng]

I am using Google Base Feeder 1.7.1a with Zen Cart 1.3.8a.

For some reason,
I do not have <g: payment_accepted> and <g: payment_notes> in my xml output.

I have to modify the *if statment*
in file googlefroogle.php Line 181, 267, 272
to:
if (1) {
to make it work.

Anyone had the same situation ?

[richcolour]

I have to modify the *if statment*
in file googlefroogle.php Line 181, 267, 272
to:
if (1) {
to make it work.

Anyone had the same situation ?

Yes I had the same, thankyou - your fix worked!

Bad news is that I'm in the UK and subsequently found out that the GoogleCheckout Accepted icon appears on Base results only for US sellers. Doh!

[reppy]

Anyone that is receiving data feed errors after upgrading to 1.7.1 please read:

As best I can tell, there was a shift in how special characters are handled in the includes/classes/googlebase.php file. Around line 169 there is a function called "google_base_xml_sanitizer".

I copied over some of the older scripting that did work for me and now my function looks like this:

    function google_base_xml_sanitizer($str, $cdata = false) {
      $_strip_search = array("![\t ]+$|^[\t ]+!m",'%[\r\n]+%m'); // remove CRs and newlines
      $_strip_replace = array('',' ');
      $_cleaner_array = array(">" => "> ", "®" => "", "®" => "", "™" => "", "™" => "", "\t" => "", "    " => "");
      $str = html_entity_decode($str);
      $str = strtr($str, $_cleaner_array);
      $str = preg_replace($_strip_search, $_strip_replace, $str);
      $str = strip_tags($str);
      $str = eregi_replace("[^[:alnum:][:space:].,!()'-_/+=?äÂÄöÖüÜß]", "", $str);
      $str = utf8_encode(htmlentities($str));
      $str = str_replace('&', '&', $str);
      $str = str_replace(array("®", "©", "™"), array('(r)', '(c)', '(tm)'), $str);
      $out = "";
      $length = strlen($str);
      for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $current = ord($str{$i});
        if (($current == 0x9) || ($current == 0xA) || ($current == 0xD) || (($current >= 0x20) && ($current <= 0xD7FF)) || (($current >= 0xE000) && ($current <= 0xFFFD)) || (($current >= 0x10000) && ($current <= 0x10FFFF))) {
          $out .= chr($current);
        } else {
          $out .= " ";
        }
      }
      $str = trim($out);
      $str = str_replace(array("&lt;", "&gt;"), array("<", ">"), $str);
      if ($cdata) {
        $str = '<![CDATA[' . $str . ']]>';
      } 
      return $str;
    }

It's a little bit of a hack job but it works for me. I hope the author will see this and look into it because I love this addon!

Remember to make a copy before you make any changes to googlebase.php. And well, if it doesn't work .. I don't know what to tell you since I didn't write the script!

Note: One thing I noticed is that after making this change, my rss feeds seem to lose their HTML formatting. It's not crucial for me, and I'm not 100% certain that Base even allows it. So I may just be confusing myself here.

[gemohler]

Greetings...

ZC1.3.8a
Google Feeder 1.7.0a



I got this installed and I think its all right..but..

Out of about 30,000 products in my store, the XML file is only ending up with about 4400 products.

[JLA]

In item number 2247 it looks like the character it's balking at is

Â

: in the description here:

No awkward stops and starts—and none of the echoes and distortion

Remove this character and you should be OK
JOhn ><>

Anyone that is receiving data feed errors after upgrading to 1.7.1 please read:

As best I can tell, there was a shift in how special characters are handled in the includes/classes/googlebase.php file. Around line 169 there is a function called "google_base_xml_sanitizer".

I copied over some of the older scripting that did work for me and now my function looks like this:

    function google_base_xml_sanitizer($str, $cdata = false) {
      $_strip_search = array("![\t ]+$|^[\t ]+!m",'%[\r\n]+%m'); // remove CRs and newlines
      $_strip_replace = array('',' ');
      $_cleaner_array = array(">" => "> ", "®" => "", "®" => "", "™" => "", "™" => "", "\t" => "", "    " => "");
      $str = html_entity_decode($str);
      $str = strtr($str, $_cleaner_array);
      $str = preg_replace($_strip_search, $_strip_replace, $str);
      $str = strip_tags($str);
      $str = eregi_replace("[^[:alnum:][:space:].,!()'-_/+=?äÂÄöÖüÜß]", "", $str);
      $str = utf8_encode(htmlentities($str));
      $str = str_replace('&', '&', $str);
      $str = str_replace(array("®", "©", "™"), array('(r)', '(c)', '(tm)'), $str);
      $out = "";
      $length = strlen($str);
      for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $current = ord($str{$i});
        if (($current == 0x9) || ($current == 0xA) || ($current == 0xD) || (($current >= 0x20) && ($current <= 0xD7FF)) || (($current >= 0xE000) && ($current <= 0xFFFD)) || (($current >= 0x10000) && ($current <= 0x10FFFF))) {
          $out .= chr($current);
        } else {
          $out .= " ";
        }
      }
      $str = trim($out);
      $str = str_replace(array("&lt;", "&gt;"), array("<", ">"), $str);
      if ($cdata) {
        $str = '<![CDATA[' . $str . ']]>';
      } 
      return $str;
    }

It's a little bit of a hack job but it works for me. I hope the author will see this and look into it because I love this addon!

Remember to make a copy before you make any changes to googlebase.php. And well, if it doesn't work .. I don't know what to tell you since I didn't write the script!

Note: One thing I noticed is that after making this change, my rss feeds seem to lose their HTML formatting. It's not crucial for me, and I'm not 100% certain that Base even allows it. So I may just be confusing myself here.

Thanks for this info. One of the most direct responses we have seen on here. We are giving it a try and will let you know if it works. In the meantime we'll also respond to the other posters message.

[JLA]

Thanks for this info. One of the most direct responses we have seen on here. We are giving it a try and will let you know if it works. In the meantime we'll also respond to the other posters message.

AH - GREAT SUCCESS. This method did INDEED WORK. All of our items processed WITHOUT ERRORS!!!!

[numinix]

Thanks for this info. One of the most direct responses we have seen on here. We are giving it a try and will let you know if it works. In the meantime we'll also respond to the other posters message.

The next version will include a revamp, AGAIN, of the sanitization. It is important that this function is optimized as it will be the difference of whether or not websites with more than 10,000 products will timeout while populating the feed.

Simply combining the two functions is overkill, but an optimized solution will be included in the next release.

[wagnerguy]

I still having this issue, is there something missing, should i reupload the files?

I am bumping this message..