PayPal Website Payments Pro still asking for SSL...

[easyjtm]

OK, sorry to keep posting...

I figured out what the problem was. It had to do with my hosting account. There is an app called "Fix Cache Key" that could help diagnose if your host is using cached version of your site rather than the updated/changed version.

When diagnosing these types of problems, just remember to check with your hosting company too...

[RodG]

When diagnosing these types of problems, just remember to check with your hosting company too...

Good advice :)

Also, in response to your questions..

1) Do the hyphens in my domain name cause a problem? (I saw something that replaces "-" with another character)

If it does, then something is wrong with the script. This would/should almost never happen.

2) Does the "//" in the domain name create a problem? (I know that "//" is for comments in php)

Domain names will never contain these characters..
From wikipedia:
DNS names may technically consist of any character representable in an octet. However, the allowed formulation of domain names in the DNS root zone, and most other sub domains, uses a preferred format and character set. The characters allowed in a label are a subset of the ASCII character set, and includes the characters a through z, A through Z, digits 0 through 9, and the hyphen. This rule is known as the LDH rule (letters, digits, hyphen). Domain names are interpreted in case-independent manner.[11] Labels may not start or end with a hyphen.[12]

3) Are the items ENABLE_SSL_ADMIN and ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG mentioned anywhere else? (can't find them anywhere else)

"Anywhere else" assumes that we know which reference you are currently referring too.
Things in all UPPERCASE are known as 'Constants", and the easiest way to find where they are used is to use Zencarts Developers Toolkit (located in the "Tools" menu)

4) Did I accidentally change a setting in the admin panel?

If a tree falls in the forest and no-one is there to witness it, did it really fall? We cannot know what you may have done by accident, we weren't there to see it

Cheers
Rod

[destroyed22]

I am actually having the same problem, I have triple checked both files and all the settings are correct to the settings , I am not showing anything out of the ordinary, the ssl is working perfectly fine with the website. but I am also getting the same error and it will not change... any help would be greatly be helpful

[DrByte]

The ONLY control Zen Cart looks at for it is that the HTTP_SERVER and ENABLE_SSL_ADMIN are properly set.
So, that tells me that your admin configure.php file ON THE SERVER hasn't been set properly for the situation you seek.

[destroyed22]

zencart/admin/includes/configure.php(not actual admin name due to security reasons)

/**
 * WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE SSL PROTECTION FOR YOUR ENTIRE ADMIN:
 * To do that, make sure you use a "https:" URL for BOTH the HTTP_SERVER and HTTPS_SERVER entries:
 */
  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.theeroticshop.net');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.theeroticshop.net');
  define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://www.theeroticshop.net');
  define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://www.theeroticshop.net');

  // secure webserver for admin?  Valid choices are 'true' or 'false' (including quotes).
  define('ENABLE_SSL_ADMIN', 'true');

  // secure webserver for storefront?  Valid choices are 'true' or 'false' (including quotes).
  define('ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG', 'true');

zencart/includes/configure.php

// Define the webserver and path parameters
  // HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
  // HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.theeroticshop.net');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.theeroticshop.net');

  // Use secure webserver for checkout procedure?
  define('ENABLE_SSL', 'true');

did I miss something??

[DrByte]

did I miss something??

Yes. Note the highlights from the admin configure.php file you quoted, below:

/**
* WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE SSL PROTECTION FOR YOUR ENTIRE ADMIN:
* To do that, make sure you use a "https:" URL for BOTH the HTTP_SERVER and HTTPS_SERVER entries:
*/
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.theeroticshop.net');

Your non-admin configure.php file is fine.

[destroyed22]

my god, your a life saver thank you!, I thought I had the settings all correct and read everything carefully.... but I guess I missed something... thank you so much

[Debbers]

This was driving me batty, too! And it was the https in the HTTP_SERVER setting that I had overlooked EVERY time.

Thank you so much for this thread and the patient answers.

deb

[itcetera]

Hello I am using zencart ver151.1. I am having the same problem as the other folks . I tried the solution
easyjtm used, ran the fix_cache_key app it did find a difference and synced them. However Paypal Pro still shows ssl not enabled, which it is. Is there anyplace in the code or in the data base to manually trigger paypal pro to accept the current ssl. would rebooting the server help. any help you can offer would be much appreciated. Website is http://theelectricaldepot.com Please disregard this post! after carefully reading the post I found the problem needing to change both server entry's to https. sorry for the post!

[DrByte]

Hello I am using zencart ver151.1. I am having the same problem as the other folks . I tried the solution
easyjtm used, ran the fix_cache_key app it did find a difference and synced them. However Paypal Pro still shows ssl not enabled, which it is. Is there anyplace in the code or in the data base to manually trigger paypal pro to accept the current ssl. would rebooting the server help. any help you can offer would be much appreciated. Website is http://theelectricaldepot.com

You must not have updated the /your_renamed_admin_folder/includes/configure.php to change the HTTP_SERVER define to a URL starting with https://
Remember, if the file on the server has been marked read-only, any changes you attempt to save to it will not save.