Auto Store Open/Close (ASOC) - [Support Thread]

This plugin is intended for a Fast Food / Pizza etc bricks & mortar shop with online ordering facility.

It enables the store owner to automatically open or close the online store depending on the actual opening hours of the physical store.

As an example, a pizzeria offers home delivery and/or pre-ordering online. The physical store operates from say 10.00 to 23.00 hrs. Last orders are taken at 22.30 hrs. Therefore the store owner does not want to see any online orders after the kitchen closes - or the customer would be mighty unhappy.....

A few cron jobs and 2 files added to the admin section automatically opens and closes the online store by changing the store status to 'Showcase with prices' or 'Showcase - no prices' (selecting the former would make sense...).

The store owner receives an email once the online store status has actually changed.

If the physical store operates the same hours every day of the week then only 2 cron tabs need to be set, one for open and one for close. If the hours vary for certain weekdays then additional cron tabs need to be set - depending on the owner's requirements.

It is recommended to also install the module Product Delivery by Postcode (PDP) to ensure that vistors from a far away residence can not place an order. You would not want to take money from someone who lives in Adelaide if your store is located in Melbourne or Sydney only because the customer lives in a suburb with a name that exists in all 3 cities (eg Cheltenham) and does not notice that the online store is attached to a physical store which is not in his/her city - makes sense???

This plugin is now available for download

Frank

:please:
Hello everybody! This is my first post to this support forum, maybe not so professional and not in good english, but I'll try do my best:

I’m using ZenCart v. 1.5.4 on a virtual server / Linux + Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS +
cPanel: Plesk v12.5.30_build1205150826.19 os_Ubuntu 14.04

I‘ve installed „Auto Store Open/Close“-plugin V.24.Jul.2014 (this is recomanded for ZenCart v1.5.0, v1.5.1, v1.5.2, v1.5.3)
I’ve read 100 times the plugin documentation,
I’ve edit+replased as said the auto_store_open_close.php with the times of my physical store
I’ve tried several cronjobs:

1. As in documentation recomanded
   30 11 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admin/auto_store_open_close.php >/dev/null 2>&1
   00 22 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admin/auto_store_open_close.php >/dev/null 2>&1

2. lynx -source http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admin/auto_store_open_close.php -auth=user_PW
   30 11 * * * * (every day at 11.30 am)
   In both cases I get only the result of a succefully login, but the php-code is not resolved. Shop does not open/close.
   Is there also an optimasation for ZENCart v.1.5.4 ? Can somebody see what I make wrong?
   Is somebody knowing a solution for this cronjob?
   I find this is a verry important function for a good shop.I should be happy to get it working on my shop.
   Thank you in advance for helping.:please:

Guten Tag,

Assuming you have installed/merged all files correctly and in the file YOUR_ADMIN/auto_store_open_close.php you did configure the lines as follows

$store_open = ('11:30:00');

$store_close = ('22:00:00');

set your cron jobs 5 minutes earlier to

25 11 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admi...open_close.php >/dev/null 2>&1
55 21 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admi...open_close.php >/dev/null 2>&1

Now, if your server is located in a different time zone compared to your store then you will not see your store set to open or closed at these times.

Example:

Your store is in Hamburg / Germany (local time is UTC +1) and your server is in Los Angeles / USA (server time is UTC -7) then you have a time difference of 8 hours. In that case try to set your cron jobs to

25 03 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admi...open_close.php >/dev/null 2>&1
55 13 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admi...open_close.php >/dev/null 2>&1

To see if the cron jobs are actually running, set an email address in your cPanel / Plesk whatever and make the cron jobs to look like this:

25 03 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admi...open_close.php
55 13 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admi...open_close.php

Let us know how you go with this.

Frank

If you are still having issues then replace your file YOUR_ADMIN/auto_store_open_close.php with this code:

<?php
/*
***********************************************************************
$Id: auto_store_open_close.php, v 1.2 2016/02/15

ZenCart 1.5.4
Copyright 2003-2010 Zen Cart Development Team
Portions Copyright 2004 osCommerce
http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0

Originally written By SkipWater <[email protected]> 05.08.10

Modified by Frank Riegel (frank18) isonetwork.net.au - Mon 15 Feb 2016 14:23:02 +1000 $

Use at your own risk.

***********************************************************************
All we do is set the store status value based on the time of day.
The admin of the zen cart should setup a cron to run this script a
minute or two after the hour set to open and close the store.

That is 2 (two) cron calls a day. One to open and one to close.

This file must be run from the admin folder of the zen cart site.

*/

define('CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID', '1'); // as suggested by DrByte --- DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE OR YOUR CRON TAB WILL NOT WORK!!!

require('includes/application_top.php');

$now_time = date('H:i:s'); // --- DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE OR YOUR CRON TAB WILL NOT WORK!!!

// Change to meet your opening and closing times - you need to set below times to 5 mins earlier than your advertised opening/closing times
// and then set your cron tab times to the exact advertised opening/closing times of your physical store
// Time is based on 24 hour clock 12 = noon, 00 = Midnight
$store_open = ("10:55:00");// 10:55 am
$store_close = ("21:55:00"); // 09:55 pm

// If you want an email sent to store owner, that notifies that the status of the Online Store has actually changed
// Set this to 1
$notify = 1;

/*
0 = Normal Store
1 = Showcase no prices
2 = Showcase with prices
*/

if ((strtotime($now_time) >= strtotime($store_open)) && (strtotime($now_time) <= strtotime($store_close))) {    
$zen_store_stat = 0; // Store is Open Normal Zen Cart
} else {
    
// comment / uncomment ONE of the next 2 lines to fit your requirements

// $zen_store_stat = 1; // Store is Closed - Showcase no Prices
$zen_store_stat = 2; // Store is Closed - Showcase with Prices  >> RECOMMENDED
}

// Should not need to edit below this line
// ***********************************************************************

$check_query = "SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_CONFIGURATION . " WHERE configuration_key = 'STORE_STATUS';";
$check_result = $db->Execute($check_query);
if ($check_result->RecordCount() > 0) {
$insert_query = "UPDATE " . TABLE_CONFIGURATION . " SET configuration_value='" . $zen_store_stat . "' WHERE `configuration_key` = 'STORE_STATUS'; ";
$insert_result = $db->Execute($insert_query);
// uncomment if not running cron
// if ($insert_result) echo 'Store Status Set to '.$zen_store_stat.'<br />';
 }
 
// by now the Store Status should be updated as specified above

// now let's notify the store owner by email

if ($notify != 0) {

$email_updated_status = false;
zen_mail();
switch (true) {
  case ($zen_store_stat == 0):
    $email_updated_status = true;
    zen_mail('',STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS, 'Store Status Changed to OPEN', 'Online Store OPEN - updated: '. date('Y M d H:i:s'), '',STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS); // email admin if status change to OPEN
    break;
  case ($zen_store_stat == 1):
    $email_updated_status = true;
    zen_mail('',STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS, 'Store Status Changed to CLOSED (Showcase no prices)', 'Online Store CLOSED (Showcase no prices) - updated: '. date('Y M d H:i:s'), '',STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS); // email admin if status change to CLOSED
    break;
  case ($zen_store_stat == 2):
    $email_updated_status = true;
    zen_mail('',STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS, 'Store Status Changed to CLOSED (Showcase with prices)', 'Online Store CLOSED (Showcase with prices) - updated: '. date('Y M d H:i:s'), '',STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS); // email admin if status change to CLOSED
    break;
  default:
  // uncomment if not running cron
  // echo 'Error Setting Store Status <br />';
    zen_mail('',STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS, 'Error Failed Setting Store Status!!', 'ERROR - No Store Status set on OnLine Store! '.date('Y M d H:i:s'),'',STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS); // email admin if status change failed
    break;
  }

}
?>

I tested this on a 1.5.4 server with PHP 5.5.9 and had no issues.

Please let me know how it works for you.

Hallo Frank!
Thank you for your 2 statements.
This is my test plattform:
V-Server from Strato.AG (in Berlin) / My Zen-Shop in Stuttgart / There is no time difference in between. Die Zeitzone zum Ausführen der Aufgabe ist (UTC +01:00) Europe / Berlin
Server Betriebssystem: Linux 3.13.0-042stab111.12 Datenbank: MySQL 5.5.47-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Server Datum: 15.02.2016 13:09:07 Datenbank Datum: 15.02.2016 13:09:07
Server Up Time: 13:09:07 up 2:27, 0 users, load average: 0.14, 0.06, 0.03 HTTP Server: Apache
PHP Version: 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.14 (Zend: 2.5.0) PHP Memory Limit: 256M PHP Safe Mode: Off
PHP Datei Uploads: On Max. Größe: 16M POST Max. Größe: 16M

My shop is to see under: lieferservice.restaurant-weilerhau.de
Now I did (once more than 100 times) the same as in installation documentation and after your statement:
1.Install „auto_store_open_close.php“ (today: auto_store_open_close.php, v 1.2 2016/02/15 / code edited direct in cPanel , no copy per FTP)
2.Than, I’ve uploaded the „init_cron_admin_user_id.php“ file in /includes/init_includes/overrides/
3.Cron jobs:
If I write the cron job with „wget“ like:

30 11 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/zen_admin/auto...open_close.php
00 22 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admi...open_close.php

I do not get any answer……

If I comand:
lynx -source http://www.restaurant-weilerhau.de/zencart/zen_admin/auto_store_open_close.php -auth=?Skalkos$2015
every day at 11.30

The Apache server starts correctly his cron job and send
allways same report per Email:

regarding: Cron skalkos@h2184067 lynx -source http://www.restaurant-weilerhau.de/zencart/zen_admin/auto_store_open_close.php -auth=?Skalkos$2015

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="de"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>Zen-Cart 1.5</title> <link href="includes/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" /> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"><!-- function animate(f) { var button = document.getElementById("btn_submit"); var img = document.getElementById("actionImg"); button.style.cursor="wait"; button.disabled = true; button.className = 'hiddenField'; img.className = ''; return true; } //--></script> </head> <body id="login" onload="document.getElementById('admin_name').focus()"> <form id="loginForm" name="loginForm" action="http://restaurant-weilerhau.de/zencart/zen_admin/login.php?camefrom=auto_store_open_close.php" method="post" onsubmit="animate(this)"> <fieldset> <legend>Admin Login</legend> <label class="loginLabel" for="admin_name">Benutzername: </label> <input style="float: left" type="text" id="admin_name" name="admin_name" value="" autocomplete="off" /> <br class="clearBoth" /> <label class="loginLabel" for="admin_pass">Passwort: </label> <input style="float: left" type="password" id="admin_pass" name="admin_pass" value="" autocomplete="off" /> <br class="clearBoth" /> <p class="messageStackError"></p> <input type="hidden" name="securityToken" value="f2563929bffddfc95bdb352566d9cff0"> <input type="submit" name="submit" class="button" value="Login" id="btn_submit"/> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="dof2563929bffddfc95bdb352566d9cff0" id="action1"/> <img id="actionImg" src = "images/loading.gif" class="hiddenField" /> <br /><a style="float: right;" href="http://restaurant-weilerhau.de/zencart/zen_admin/password_forgotten.php">Passwort vergessen?</a> </fieldset> </form> <div id="loginExpiryPolicy">LOGIN_EXPIRY_NOTICE</div> </body> </html>

By the way:

1. wget is one of the files that needs to have rights 700, else every hackers uploaded script can use it to download the rest of the hack from external websites.
2. “lynx” - advantage is that the php file is executed with the rights of the website user and not root.
   the "-auth=loginP asswd" is the login info because the cron.php is placed inside a password protected directory.
   An extra advantage of running a cron with lynx is that it is executed with not only the rights, but also the configuration of that website.
   If the site has a custom php.ini then it will be run with those settings.
   Do you think that this could be a reson, why the “„init_cron_admin_user_id.php“ in our case is not doing well?

I’m desolate, unfortunately I can not get it work.
let me know if you see any mistake.
Thank you and have a nice night.
Best regards, Mihaela

Thanks for your detailed info Mihaela.

Firstly change the name of your admin folder as soon as possible and in future postings do not disclose the real name of your admin!!!

mihaela:

Hallo Frank!
Thank you for your 2 statements.
This is my test plattform:
V-Server from Strato.AG (in Berlin) / My Zen-Shop in Stuttgart / There is no time difference in between. Die Zeitzone zum Ausführen der Aufgabe ist (UTC +01:00) Europe / Berlin
Server Betriebssystem: Linux 3.13.0-042stab111.12 Datenbank: MySQL 5.5.47-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Server Datum: 15.02.2016 13:09:07 Datenbank Datum: 15.02.2016 13:09:07
Server Up Time: 13:09:07 up 2:27, 0 users, load average: 0.14, 0.06, 0.03 HTTP Server: Apache
PHP Version: 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.14 (Zend: 2.5.0) PHP Memory Limit: 256M PHP Safe Mode: Off
PHP Datei Uploads: On Max. Größe: 16M POST Max. Größe: 16M

That looks fine to me.

mihaela:

My shop is to see under: lieferservice.restaurant-weilerhau.de
Now I did (once more than 100 times) the same as in installation documentation and after your statement:
1.Install „auto_store_open_close.php“ (today: auto_store_open_close.php, v 1.2 2016/02/15 / code edited direct in cPanel , no copy per FTP)
2.Than, I’ve uploaded the „init_cron_admin_user_id.php“ file in /includes/init_includes/overrides/
3.Cron jobs:
If I write the cron job with „wget“ like:

30 11 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/zen_admin/auto...open_close.php
00 22 * * * wget http://My_Domain/zencart/my_zen_admi...open_close.php

I do not get any answer……

Looks like wget may not be installed/enabled on your server or it would send you an email when the cron job is executed. You could check with your server people in Berlin if this is the case, and if not then you may ask them to enable wget. This is the first thing to do.

mihaela:

By the way:

1. wget is one of the files that needs to have rights 700, else every hackers uploaded script can use it to download the rest of the hack from external websites.

All files (with the exception of the 2 configure.php files) should be set to 644, wget works with these permissions

mihaela:

Do you think that this could be a reson, why the “„init_cron_admin_user_id.php“ in our case is not doing well?

It may be possible that the YOUR_ADMIN/includes/init_includes/overrides/init_cron_admin_user_id.php does not respond to your lynx command. I had something similar happening on a client's server....

Try this:

1. copy the file YOUR_ADMIN/includes/init_includes/init_admin_auth.php into the folder YOUR_ADMIN/includes/init_includes/overrides/
2. in the copied file (not the original) init_admin_auth.php add this code

if (!isset($_SESSION['admin_id']) && defined('CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID') && (int)CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID != 0) { 
  $_SESSION['admin_id'] = CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID; 
}

right after the line

if (!defined('IS_ADMIN_FLAG')) die('Illegal Access');

3. delete the file YOUR_ADMIN/includes/init_includes/overrides/init_cron_admin_user_id.php

4. in the file YOUR_ADMIN/auto_store_open_close.php (which I posted above) set

$store_open = ("10:55:00");// 10:55 am
$store_close = ("21:55:00"); // 09:55 pm

which is 5 minutes before your cron job times.

Let us know what transpires.

Cheers / Frank

PS: Ich bin in Schwenningen am Neckar (jetzt Villingen-Schwenningen) geboren und aufgewachsen, lebe seit fast 40 Jahren in Australien...

Another option is to use cURL (curl in the command line):

30 11 * * * curl -s 'http://yourdomain.com/zencart-installation/youradmin/auto_store_open_close.php'
00 22 * * * curl -s 'http://yourdomain.com/zencart-installation/youradmin/auto_store_open_close.php'

Make sure you leave the -s switch intact (runs the command in silent mode) and also do not remove the single quotes before and after the URL.

Oh, happy day!
You Frank taught me how,
how to watch, How to fight………………….
And living rejoicing everyday…….

I followed yor last recomanded solution:

1. copy the file YOUR_ADMIN/includes/init_includes/init_admin_auth.php into the folder YOUR_ADMIN/includes/init_includes/overrides/
2. in the copied file (not the original) init_admin_auth.php add this code

PHP Code:

if (!isset($_SESSION['admin_id']) && defined('CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID') && (int)CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID != 0) {
$_SESSION['admin_id'] = CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID;
}

right after the line
PHP Code:

if (!defined('IS_ADMIN_FLAG')) die('Illegal Access');

3. delete the file YOUR_ADMIN/includes/init_includes/overrides/init_cron_admin_user_id.php

4. in the file YOUR_ADMIN/auto_store_open_close.php (which I posted above) set

PHP Code:

$store_open = ("10:55:00");// 10:55 am
$store_close = ("21:55:00"); // 09:55 pm

which is 5 minutes before your cron job times.

Everything works as wanted!
Thank you Frank. You have considerable enriched the value of Zen with your plugin.
Sie haben den Wert des ZenCart mit Ihrem Plugin erheblich
angereichert.

I want to share my joy with all who support this wonderfull ZenCart. I'll donate a Cup of coffee.:cheers:Mihaela

mihaela:

Oh, happy day!
You Frank taught me how,
how to watch, How to fight………………….
And living rejoicing everyday…….

......

Everything works as wanted!
Thank you Frank. You have considerable enriched the value of Zen with your plugin.
Sie haben den Wert des ZenCart mit Ihrem Plugin erheblich
angereichert.

I want to share my joy with all who support this wonderfull ZenCart. I'll donate a Cup of coffee.:cheers:Mihaela

Thanks Mihaela, I am glad all is working for you now.

Donation? Eine Portion Spaetzle bitte..... :smile:

ASOC v1.2 is now available from the downloads at https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1891

This update is compatible with ZC 1.5.4 and ZC 1.5.5

Changes:

• Updated file YOUR_ADMIN/auto_store_open_close.php
• Added file init_admin_auth.php to folder YOUR_ADMIN/includes/init_includes/overrides/ with modifications
• Added extra styling to stylesheet.css

frank18:

ASOC v1.2 is now available from the downloads at https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1891

This update is compatible with ZC 1.5.4 and ZC 1.5.5

Hi,

Nice work, I have attempted a similar process and failed recently.

Am I to assume the time difference between auto_store_open_close.php & cron is the difference between last orders and the physical store closing??

I have read instructions several times just want to check before I implement.

Thanks in advance

SpaceMonkey:

Hi,

Nice work, I have attempted a similar process and failed recently.

Am I to assume the time difference between auto_store_open_close.php & cron is the difference between last orders and the physical store closing??

I have read instructions several times just want to check before I implement.

Thanks in advance

You will need to decide on a time when you want your online store to "go off-air" so to speak.

Say you are accepting last orders at 22.30 and your physical store shuts at 23.00 then cron has to close your online store at 22.30 or even 22.29

Just take care of the time difference of your server, if it is the USA and your store is in the UK then apply the TD between UK and the time of your server location.

If your server is in the UK as well then all is good, same time.

frank18:

You will need to decide on a time when you want your online store to "go off-air" so to speak.

Say you are accepting last orders at 22.30 and your physical store shuts at 23.00 then cron has to close your online store at 22.30 or even 22.29

Just take care of the time difference of your server, if it is the USA and your store is in the UK then apply the TD between UK and the time of your server location.

If your server is in the UK as well then all is good, same time.

That's cool.

No hosting is USA (New York) and DST is also 1 week later than the UK, just to be awkward. :frusty:

Anyhow, I am about to merge the module and template files into my live store so all good in testing.

Thanks for confirmation.

:smile:

SpaceMonkey:

That's cool.

No hosting is USA (New York) and DST is also 1 week later than the UK, just to be awkward. :frusty:

Anyhow, I am about to merge the module and template files into my live store so all good in testing.

Thanks for confirmation.

:smile:

Also, if your closing time is not the same every weekday (say you close earlier on Sundays) then you will need to create separate cron tabs for the different days.

I keep getting this error:

 Missing argument 6 for zen_mail()

I haven't had much time to dig into it yet so thought I'd post and see If anyone has any ideas....