Allow customers to leave review without logging in or being an existing customer

How can we allow people to leave product reviews withour logging in or being annactual customer. Of course to fight spam, the approval setting would be on. Thank you.

travbacon:

How can we allow people to leave product reviews withour logging in or being annactual customer. Of course to fight spam, the approval setting would be on. Thank you.

If you insist:

Load the file
/includes/modules/pages/product_reviews_write/header.php into a text editor

Find this code:

if (!$_SESSION['customer_id']) {
  $_SESSION['navigation']->set_snapshot();
 zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));
}

Comment it out, like so:

// if (!$_SESSION['customer_id']) {
//  $_SESSION['navigation']->set_snapshot();
// zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));
// }

Save the file.

Don't blame me if this comes back to bite you. With this code commented out, anyone can post anything. The zencart code should sanitize any 'dangerous' inputs, thus offering some degree of protection, and I suspect your biggest problem is going to be due to hackers and scammers hammering the server looking for a weakness that they can exploit.

Cheers
RodG

RodG:

If you insist:

Load the file
/includes/modules/pages/product_reviews_write/header.php into a text editor

Find this code:

if (!$_SESSION['customer_id']) {
$_SESSION['navigation']->set_snapshot();
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));
}

> 
> Comment it out, like so: 
> ```
// if (!$_SESSION['customer_id']) {
//  $_SESSION['navigation']->set_snapshot();
// zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));
// }

Save the file.

Don't blame me if this comes back to bite you. With this code commented out, anyone can post anything. The zencart code should sanitize any 'dangerous' inputs, thus offering some degree of protection, and I suspect your biggest problem is going to be due to hackers and scammers hammering the server looking for a weakness that they can exploit.

Cheers
RodG

I'v seen this done where the merchant sends out an email 2 weeks after the order to get a review and then they are directed to place a review. The customer email is in the return URL, and then ZenCart looks up the customer number and the saves it in the $_SESSION['customer_id'] variable.

You would need to make sure your coding is SUPER SUPER sound, and can't be injected with this type of thing.

I'm not sure on the PCI implications of this...

Just wondering, Why would someone want to come to your site and leave a review of something they didnt purchase?

Merlinpa1969:

Just wondering, Why would someone want to come to your site and leave a review of something they didnt purchase?
Perhaps because they used either COWOA (check out without an account) or PayPal Express Checkout to place the order? In either case, the customer will have made a purchase but won't have a "proper" account as required to create a review.

I followed the suggestion in this thread and I am now getting an Error Log every time someone goes the a product_review_write page, even if they don't write a review!!

[16-Aug-2021 16:55:19 Australia/Sydney] Request URI: /index.php?main_page=product_reviews_write&cPath=1&products_id=20, IP address: 60.
#1  require(/includes/modules/pages/product_reviews_write/header_php.php) called at [/index.php:35]
[B]--> PHP Notice: Undefined index: customer_id in /includes/modules/pages/product_reviews_write/header_php.php on line 40.[/B]

[16-Aug-2021 16:55:20 Australia/Sydney] Request URI: /index.php?main_page=product_reviews_write&cPath=1&products_id=20, IP address: 60.
#1  require(/includes/templates/responsive_classic/templates/tpl_product_reviews_write_default.php) called at [/includes/templates/responsive_classic/common/tpl_main_page.php:178]
#2  require(/includes/templates/responsive_classic/common/tpl_main_page.php) called at [/index.php:94]
[B]--> PHP Notice: Undefined index: customers_firstname in /includes/templates/responsive_classic/templates/tpl_product_reviews_write_default.php on line 43.[/B]

[16-Aug-2021 16:55:20 Australia/Sydney] Request URI: /index.php?main_page=product_reviews_write&cPath=1&products_id=20, IP address: 60.
#1  require(/includes/templates/responsive_classic/templates/tpl_product_reviews_write_default.php) called at [/includes/templates/responsive_classic/common/tpl_main_page.php:178]
#2  require(/includes/templates/responsive_classic/common/tpl_main_page.php) called at [/index.php:94]
[B]--> PHP Notice: Undefined index: customers_lastname in /includes/templates/responsive_classic/templates/tpl_product_reviews_write_default.php on line 43.[/B]

I know it's because I commented out the above so guest can write a review, but is there a way to stop that error log from being generated?!

Thanking you in advance.

Doing six year old code changes is hardly ever a good idea.