Google Merchant Center Feeder for ZC v1.5.x [Support Thread]

[delia]

Yes, it works - however, getting it all working is a challenge. Do go back this thread - many answers have been posted before to reoccurring questions. I haven't done this in a while (I used to be the main resource on this thread) and only had one issue when starting from scratch with a new install. One note: I always turn on Enable Advanced XML Sanitization. It's not always needed but turning it on .means I never have to worry about that kind of problem.

[100asa]

with php 7 when create feed, have error 500 with this specification:
googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp&limit=&offset=&x=15&y=14&key=60f688be81

[lat9]

@100asa, did you check your /logs folder for any debug-log files? Many times, a Server 500 error will be accompanied by such a log.

[100asa]

in the log:

PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function split() in /var/www/vhosts/100asa.it/httpdocs/googlefroogle.php:52
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
  thrown in /var/www/vhosts/100asa.it/httpdocs/googlefroogle.php on line 52

[DrByte]

in the log:

PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function split() in /var/www/vhosts/100asa.it/httpdocs/googlefroogle.php:52
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
  thrown in /var/www/vhosts/100asa.it/httpdocs/googlefroogle.php on line 52

That reveals that your googlefroogle.php file is not compatible with PHP 5.3 or newer.
You'll need to rewrite its use of the split() function (and other deprecated functions) for compatibility. I've outlined the majority of those here: Is your plugin code safe to use on PHP 5.3?

[pricediscrimination]

Google is requiring a few attributes (size, etc). Since the same details will be used for each item, it there a way to hard code the info so that it's always applied (such as what is already in the admin: price, condition, etc), instead of creating read-only attributes in the Attributes Controller?

[dharrison]

Hi Is Google Merchant Center Feeder compatible with ZenCart 1.5.4? The plugin page says up to 1.5.3? Please advise.

Many thanks

[charmlt]

After trial and error I got it to successfully meet Google standards, and now GMF stopped creating the upload file.
I get a "Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No", and it acts like it created the file but no file.
Changes: My Cpanel server updated the GUI and deprecated: Courier.

Here are the newly changed messages in log since it stopped working on Feb. 18th:
[03-Mar-2016 10:19:10 America/New_York] PHP Warning: DOMDocument::createElement() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in /**/**/public_html/includes/classes/google_base.php on line 373
[03-Mar-2016 10:19:10 America/New_York] PHP Catchable fatal error: Argument 1 passed to DOMNode::appendChild() must be an instance of DOMNode, null given, called in /**/**/public_html/googlefroogle.php on line 485 and defined in /**/**/public_html/includes/classes/google_base.php on line 373

Google Merchant Center Feeder v1.14.4 started 2016/03/03 10:18:08
PHP Version: 5.4.33 (Zend: 2.4.0)
Database: MySQL 5.5.48-cll
Zen-Cart v1.5.4 running on a Dedicated Server: Cpanel 11, Linux, Apache
Any ideas what could bave changed?
Mark

[charmlt]

Sounds like I am the only one. Let me know if I am wrong.

Mark

[charmlt]

I fixed it by uninstalling the SQL and reinstalling the SQL.
Btw; Remember to write down the configuration file info :)