Manul PHP 5.3 Patch for 1.3.8a?

I'm running a couple of live sites on 1.3.8a and the list of patch files in the sticky above are pretty heavily modified on my sites.

Does anyone know of a list of manual edits for these patch files so that I don't need to use WinMerge?

Does anyone know of a list of manual edits for these patch files so that I don't need to use WinMerge?
the list of patch files in the sticky above are pretty heavily modified on my sites.
Not knowing what mods you have, how can a list of manual patches be created?

IIf you are refering to the changed files - they are in the change log with the distribution of 1.3.9

WinMerge or similar is how you create the list of manual patches appropriate to your site.

It's just that in the sticky above, I seen a list of manual patches for version 1.3.7 and wondered is there was a list of similar patches for 1.3.8a.

It is/would be specific to the mods you have as to what would be contained and why as kuroi states you need to use a diff app to determine what they are

limelites:

It's just that in the sticky above, I seen a list of manual patches for version 1.3.7 and wondered is there was a list of similar patches for 1.3.8a.
limelites, you're completely misunderstanding things.

The "sticky" you're referring to talks about patches relevant to particular versions of Zen Cart.
So, there are patches to apply to 1.3.7, if you're using 1.3.7
There are patches to apply to 1.3.8, if you're using 1.3.8
And (if there were any), there could be patches to apply to 1.3.9, if you're using 1.3.9.

There is no "patch" to convert you from 1.3.8 to 1.3.9. That's called an "upgrade".
You'll find upgrade instructions in the /docs/ folder of each version of Zen Cart. They are also in the FAQs area.

Sorry, excuse me for confusing everyone here, I wrote the OP in a hurry and it's not actually what I was trying to ask at all.

I should really start again as I'm not actully needing to go to 1.3.9a, all I really need is to ensure my sites will work with PHP 5.3 when the servers are upgraded.

The manual patch I'm asking about is the one that would patch my 1.3.8a files to work on PHP 5.3.

I seen in the sticky above that there's some manual patches for 1.3.7 and was wondering if there's a similar set of manual patches for 1.3.8a?

Visit the News & Announcements section of the forum to see the announcement about the PHP 5.3 patch for 1.3.8 / 1.3.7

Visit the News & Announcements section of the forum to see the announcement about the PHP 5.3 patch for 1.3.8 / 1.3.7

Though, you really should consider upgrading since it contains all of the security updates and bug fixes in addition to the php5.3 changes.

DrByte:

Visit the News & Announcements section of the forum to see the announcement about the PHP 5.3 patch for 1.3.8 / 1.3.7

Can't seem to find that :blink:

If you mean this one:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140960

Then that's the thread I'm referring to from the start. It has a bunch of files for 1.3.8a patch, but it offers manual patches for 1.3.7

I was wondering if there was a manual patch list for 1.3.8a?

limelites:

If you mean this one:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140960

Then that's the thread I'm referring to from the start. It has a bunch of files for 1.3.8a patch, but it offers manual patches for 1.3.7

I was wondering if there was a manual patch list for 1.3.8a?
No. You can easily create a list of actual changes using WinMerge yourself.

It's just that having my existing files already heavily modified, it's pretty hard to tell if (a) the changes highlighted by WinMerge are due to the mods or (b) if the changes highlighted are due to the 5.3 compatibility patches.

It's also pretty difficult to tell which mod has brought about the changes to the individual files and thereby determine if it's a PHP 5.3 compatible mod.

Example, in admin/orders.php I can see that date_diff needs to change to zen_date_diff.............. However, I have a mod with commands like, date_add(now(), INTERVAL " . TIME_ZONE_OFFSET . " HOUR), ................ and I'm wondering if that would need changed to, zen_date_add(now(), INTERVAL " . TIME_ZONE_OFFSET . " HOUR),

I think I'll get a quote from someone with more experience :lookaroun:unsure:

You would have to winmerge the 5.3 patch files against a stock set of 1.3.8a files to build yourself a list of the changes, and then you could take that list to patch your customized files. Its gonna be a multistep project.

OK, last question on this hopefully.

I’ve gone through all the patch files and WinMerged them with my existing files. It wasn't as difficult as I'd anticipated and I’m pretty confident that I’ve did it correctly. Thanks for the pointer on the two stage merging process.

My question now is, ‘is it ok to upload the new patched files to the server and replace the current files, even though the server isn’t running PHP 5.3.x yet?’

Yes. PHP 5.3 removes some older functions that ZenCart had still been using. Replacement, improved, functions had already been added to PHP very many versions ago. The updates to Zencart change these functions to use ones still in PHP 5.3 but which are also in previous versions of PHP.

OK, I've WinMerged my 1.4.8a files with the patch files and then Winmerged with my mod files. I've uploaded them all to the server on a test site, but before I upload these same files to my main live site, is there anything in particular you think I should test for?

If anything's gone wrong, what's it likely to be? Other than the mods, what functionality should I be testing to make sure I've patched these files correctly?

Unfortunately the best advice is "test everything". There's no knowing what has been missed or might contain an error.

Not the answer I was looking for, but cset la vie.

I've noticed something odd straight away. PayPal is no longer calculating the shipping costs!

I didn't think that Paypal ever did calculate the shipping costs. That's the responsibility of the relevant shipping mod, not your payment mod.