USPS shipping server is down

[Ajeh]

Have your hosting provider check for issues with port 80 outbound ...

Also check if there are issues with fsockopen ...

You could try temp ...
/includes/classes/http_client.php line 306

        if (!$this->socket = @fsockopen($host, $port, $this->reply, $this->replyString, $this->timeout)) {

remove the @ ... TEMPORARILY and see if you see errors or get error logs in the /cache ...

[split63]

I got absolutely no where with them.
They claim no changes to the server have been made (I don't believe they really know this).

They want to know details about the communication.
How it is connecting
What are the details of the server its connecting to
etc.

[split63]

Have your hosting provider check for issues with port 80 outbound ...

Also check if there are issues with fsockopen ...

You could try temp ...
/includes/classes/http_client.php line 306

        if (!$this->socket = @fsockopen($host, $port, $this->reply, $this->replyString, $this->timeout)) {

remove the @ ... TEMPORARILY and see if you see errors or get error logs in the /cache ...

changing @fsockopen to fsockopen had no effect

However, my line was 613

[split63]

The log file:


[23-Mar-2012 17:41:08] PHP Warning: fsockopen() [<a href='function.fsockopen'>function.fsockopen</a>]: unable to connect to production.shippingapis.com:80 (Connection timed out) in /home/content/44/4963044/html/ZC/includes/classes/http_client.php on line 613

[Ajeh]

Try running:
your_domain.com/your_directory/extras/ipncheck.php

[Ajeh]

The log file:


[23-Mar-2012 17:41:08] PHP Warning: fsockopen() [<a href='function.fsockopen'>function.fsockopen</a>]: unable to connect to production.shippingapis.com:80 (Connection timed out) in /home/content/44/4963044/html/ZC/includes/classes/http_client.php on line 613

Tell GoDaddy that is the error you are getting and to fix it ...

[split63]

Tell GoDaddy that is the error you are getting and to fix it ...

That error resulted when I removed the @ symbol. I put it back in and the error no longer occurs and the log file is empty

[split63]

Try running:
your_domain.com/your_directory/extras/ipncheck.php

IPNCHECK.PHP - Version 1.3.9

CURL RESPONSE RECEIVED - Communications OKAY
IPN TESTING - Response Received via CURL -- COMMUNICATIONS OKAY



IPN TESTING - Confirmation/Validation response with fsockopen(): FSOCKOPEN() RESPONSE RECEIVED - Communications OKAY



Default method likely to be used for communications is: CURL, with the fallback method being FSOCKOPEN if possible.

Script finished.

[split63]

Can you give a more specific example of charges for:
Quantity 1
Quantity 2
Quantity 3

For US domestic only

QTY 1: $8.00
QTY 2: $10.00
QTY 3: $12.00
QTY 4. $14.00
etc

[Ajeh]

Turn on Item Rate and set Handling to 6.00 and the Rate to 2.00 ...

If you only want the US for this, then you need to make a Zone Definition for the US with the DETAILS for:
Country: United States
Zones: ALL

If you want to limit who the US is, as in 48 states, then you need to add the individual Zones to the DETAILS ...

This FAQ would help with that:
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=409