ozpost shipping module

[RodG]

The link you provided is working fine - can get an xml result back from that without any problem.

Turning on debug mode for the ozpost module, and telling the module to spit out the value of $qu before it hits line 345, it seems to me that not returning data in xml format? under some conditions which is then throwing line 345 which tries to process the xml...?

Not sure what triggers it to work/not work as have another site on the same server that is working absolutely fine without any problem....? Can't find any material differences between those two sites at all.

Velly Interllesting. Could you please do me a big favour and do the debug test on both your sites to see if you can see any difference in regards to the xml?

Putting in the code die ($qu);exit after the $this->_getAPdata line in the offending module, returns

324 PPS39.94 3Kg Prepaid SatchelPPSE311.31 3kg Prepaid Satchel ExpressRPP11.6 4 Regular ParcelREG14.45Registered ParcelEXP17.3 1 Express ParcelCOD21.85Cash On Delivery 0 2.8 0

shouldn't this be xml? or did I do something wrong.

You are doing all the right things, and yes, the data should be xml (which is why I'd like you to do this same exersice on both sites).

There are three possibilities here...
1. The server isn't always returning valid xml for some reason (you should probably see the difference between your two sites).
2. The server is returning xml, but the xml tags are being stripped when displayed to screen. This is what happens when I use that test link using MS Explorer rather than Firefox.
3. Still a mystery.

I'll sit on it until tomorrow to see if further propagation fixes it, but just wanted to raise this as a potential problem in case it raises any flags for you and is indeed a bug. hope this helps.
.

Your findings could be very important and valuable clues, especially since you appear to be in a rare position to have two sites operational, one that exhibits a problem and the other doesn't. If these two sites consistantly behave this way I have a feeling that I will be relying heavily upon you to help me find the cause (and therefore the fix).

As you can imagine, since none of the sites that I maintain (or have direct access too) don't exhibit any troublesome behaviour it is going to be impossible for me to work alone to solve the issue, so any clues, no matter how small is most welcome.

Cheers
Rod

ps. I wonder if it has anything to do with wether the server access is via 'cURL' or the http (file) method. Which of these do you use on your sites?