EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[mc12345678]

dear EP4, I met some problem when i populate our product.

EP4+ZC1.5.8a

firstly, I exported CVS via "Filterable Exports" function.
then I edited my new product in this CVS file.
leave the same value on column "v_categories_name_1", it's not blank
then I got the error:No category provided for this new product.

attachment is my EP4 setting and circumstance, cvs file.




who can help me ?

In fact, I'm having trouble understanding the operating logic of ep4:

When I upload a new product, but its v_products_model already exists, after performing the upload, it is treated as an old product, and the upload action is regarded as a modification to the old product.
If you change the record's v_categories_name_1, it will generate a copy of the old product under the new category.

I think there should be a column to mark that this record is for uploading a new product, rather than modifying an old product.

Or is it possible that the CSV I'm using to upload new products is incorrect in the first place? I got it from the Filterable Exports of ep4.
Thank you, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me solve this problem with uploading new products.

If using the version downloaded from the zen cart site, then please read back over any of the recent pages of this thread about how to resolve the missing category issue.

Regarding the linking of product described for using a single product model to describe two or more different product, may I suggest reading the instructions about using the products id instead of the products model as the primary key.

If you have downloaded the version referenced about two posts ago, then please identify the history of versions on the server. The version recently posted about should not initially have the problem described about a missing category. Unfortunately, as the version on the zen cart site appears to have been installed, upgrading to the above version will still have it. To correct one the new above version is installed, remove or uninstall the database settings and then reinstall the plugin to apply the correct default settings. Otherwise follow the guidance discussed on nearly every page of this thread for several, several pages back.

[chens19]

If using the version downloaded from the zen cart site, then please read back over any of the recent pages of this thread about how to resolve the missing category issue.

Regarding the linking of product described for using a single product model to describe two or more different product, may I suggest reading the instructions about using the products id instead of the products model as the primary key.

If you have downloaded the version referenced about two posts ago, then please identify the history of versions on the server. The version recently posted about should not initially have the problem described about a missing category. Unfortunately, as the version on the zen cart site appears to have been installed, upgrading to the above version will still have it. To correct one the new above version is installed, remove or uninstall the database settings and then reinstall the plugin to apply the correct default settings. Otherwise follow the guidance discussed on nearly every page of this thread for several, several pages back.

thank you for your reply.

in this thread , there are more than 350 pages, I have read first 80 pages, and didn't find solution.
it's really too long thread.

[chens19]

If using the version downloaded from the zen cart site, then please read back over any of the recent pages of this thread about how to resolve the missing category issue.

Regarding the linking of product described for using a single product model to describe two or more different product, may I suggest reading the instructions about using the products id instead of the products model as the primary key.

If you have downloaded the version referenced about two posts ago, then please identify the history of versions on the server. The version recently posted about should not initially have the problem described about a missing category. Unfortunately, as the version on the zen cart site appears to have been installed, upgrading to the above version will still have it. To correct one the new above version is installed, remove or uninstall the database settings and then reinstall the plugin to apply the correct default settings. Otherwise follow the guidance discussed on nearly every page of this thread for several, several pages back.

thank you so much.
I found the solution.

[Jeffg23]

EP4+ZC1.5.8a
EasyPopulate-4.0-4.0.37.13

When I go to Tools and click on Easy Populate 4, all I get is a blank screen. Have used this program on 4 or 5 other sites and never had any problems.

[mc12345678]

EP4+ZC1.5.8a
EasyPopulate-4.0-4.0.37.13

When I go to Tools and click on Easy Populate 4, all I get is a blank screen. Have used this program on 4 or 5 other sites and never had any problems.

There are two known issues with that arrangement with a potential third depending on the mySql configuration. The two problems are addressed by review of almost any of the recent pages of this thread. An updated version not having those problems is referenced a few posts ago, available from github.

For clarity, I expect when stating that have a blank page that mean entirely blank, not just blank below the menu bar?

[Jeffg23]

I tried both versions, the one in ZC Plugins, and the one from github.
Page is completely blank. Even tried to look at the page source, shows nothing.

The url listed in the browser for the blank page is: index.php?cmd=easypopulate_4

[mc12345678]

I tried both versions, the one in ZC Plugins, and the one from github.
Page is completely blank. Even tried to look at the page source, shows nothing.

The url listed in the browser for the blank page is: index.php?cmd=easypopulate_4

What was the attempted file placement for the one on github? If solely placed in the zc_plugins directory, then the previous version located in the admin directory must be removed. Also with it in the zc_plugins directory, it would need to be installed using the plugin manager.

If all of the admin files were placed in the admin (overwriting the older version) then that's something to work out because I have tried installing both ways with success on php 8.3.

Side note, generally speaking I would expect some sort of admin side debug log to be generated in the logs directory because of the blank screen. The contents of that (minus specific identification of the admin directory) would be helpful to us both. :)

[Jeffg23]

here is the admin log file:

[09-Feb-2024 09:37:11 America/Chicago] Request URI: /store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/index.php?cmd=easypopulate_4, IP address: 135.129.209.218, Language id 1
#1 fopen() called at [/home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/easypopulate_4.php:166]
#2 require(/home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/easypopulate_4.php) called at [/home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/index.php:11]
--> PHP Warning: fopen(/home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/EASYPOPULATE_4_CONFIG_TEMP_DIR/ep_debug_log.txt): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/easypopulate_4.php on line 166.

[09-Feb-2024 09:37:11 America/Chicago] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: fclose(): Argument #1 ($stream) must be of type resource, bool given in /home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/easypopulate_4.php:167
Stack trace:
#0 /home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/easypopulate_4.php(167): fclose(false)
#1 /home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/index.php(11): require('/home1/alternb0...')
#2 {main}
thrown in /home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/easypopulate_4.php on line 167

[09-Feb-2024 09:37:11 America/Chicago] Request URI: /store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/index.php?cmd=easypopulate_4, IP address: 135.129.209.218
--> PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: fclose(): Argument #1 ($stream) must be of type resource, bool given in /home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/easypopulate_4.php:167
Stack trace:
#0 /home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/easypopulate_4.php(167): fclose(false)
#1 /home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/index.php(11): require('/home1/alternb0...')
#2 {main}
thrown in /home1/alternb0/public_html/rcgstore.com/store/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/easypopulate_4.php on line 167.