Generate an e-mail on page-not-found (404) errors [support thread]

[lat9]

Got it! If the email address to which the 404 emails are to be sent was used as a test-customer account email and that customer account uses HTML email settings, the email described by torvista will be sent. I've submitted v1.2.1 to the plugins area to correct the problem and describe how the HTML/TEXT emails will be sent.

[torvista]

Got it!

Well done! Excellent service!

[lat9]

Thank you for your kind words! Here's the entire updated "update" function in the class module:

  function update(&$class, $eventID, $paramsArray = array()) {
    // BOF Send email to admin for 404 errors
    $email_text = sprintf(EMAIL_PAGE_NOT_FOUND_CONTENT, $_SESSION['customers_host_address'], $_SESSION['customers_ip_address'], $_ENV['REQUEST_URI'])."\n\n";
    $email_subject = EMAIL_PAGE_NOT_FOUND_SUBJECT;
    $module = (SEND_404_ERRORS_EMAIL_ARCHIVE != '0') ? 'default' : 'no_archive';
    $html_msg['EMAIL_SUBJECT'] = EMAIL_PAGE_NOT_FOUND_SUBJECT;
    $html_msg['EMAIL_MESSAGE_HTML'] .= str_replace('\n','',$email_text);
    zen_mail('', SEND_404_ERRORS_EMAILS_TO, $email_subject, $email_text, STORE_NAME, EMAIL_FROM, $html_msg, $module);
    // EOF Send email to admin for 404 errors
  }

[torvista]

Thanks for that.

There is now content in the message body:
the host ip and user ip always show up but the query never.

I have tried different emails, text/html, local-remote hosting, switched off the CEON URI mapping..but the email never shows the page requested.

[lat9]

torvista, do you happen to have the SuperGlobals plugin installed? I'm wondering what the information in your store's $_ENV and $_SERVER are for the request-related information.

I'm successfully using the previous version of this plugin on a 1.3.9h store with Ceon URI mapping, so that's not it.

Does it make a difference if you change

    $email_text = sprintf(EMAIL_PAGE_NOT_FOUND_CONTENT, $_SESSION['customers_host_address'], $_SESSION['customers_ip_address'], $_ENV['REQUEST_URI'])."\n\n";

to

    $email_text = sprintf(EMAIL_PAGE_NOT_FOUND_CONTENT, $_SESSION['customers_host_address'], $_SESSION['customers_ip_address'], $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])."\n\n";

[torvista]

Yes I have Superglobals installed and I have yet to see _ENV even appear in the globals listing.
Using _SERVER as you suggested fixed the problem.

So for curiosity, what is and when should I see _ENV set?

Thanks
Steve

[lat9]

My _ENV (both XAMMP localhost and 1and1 hosting) show _ENV as pretty much a copy of _SERVER. I'll get that update into the queue.

[lat9]

v1.2.2 is now available in the Plugins area; this corrects the issues that torvista identified.

[relish]

A user at host address [xxx.xxx.76.40] with IP address [xxx.xxx.76.40]
generated a 404 using the query string
[/index.php?main_page=page_not_found].

Getting this message. Cant we get the actual url that led to this page_not_found page.

like if this user type www.mydomain.com/secure and there is no such address on my website , we should get message:

A user at host address [xxx.xxx.76.40] with IP address [xxx.xxx.76.40]
generated a 404 using the query string
[/secure].

Thanks

[lat9]

relish, there are two possibilities:

1. Did you update your store's root .htaccess file to contain

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?main_page=page_not_found

2. If you did, then it's possible that the /secure access is generating a 403 (permission error) rather than a 404 (not found) error. You can force the plugin to send emails in this case, too, by updating your .htaccess file to contain the following as well

ErrorDocument 403 /index.php?main_page=page_not_found