Time setting for ENABLE_DISABLED_UPCOMING_PRODUCT

I've been manually doing preorders and came across the ENABLE_DISABLED_UPCOMING_PRODUCT setting in Configuration - Stock. That probably makes an item go online at midnight. Is there a way to use this to go online at noon my timezone? That would be super handy because preorders sometimes slow down my store and setting enabled manually is a pain.

wcbutler:

I've been manually doing preorders and came across the ENABLE_DISABLED_UPCOMING_PRODUCT setting in Configuration - Stock. That probably makes an item go online at midnight. Is there a way to use this to go online at noon my timezone? That would be super handy because preorders sometimes slow down my store and setting enabled manually is a pain.

there is no way to do it without modifying the zc core code.

it looks like one could set up a cron job to handle it, ignoring that setting.

if you do not know how to set up a cron job to do this task, perhaps someone else can help; else you could hire one of the developers on this board to set it up for you.

best.

carlwhat:

there is no way to do it without modifying the zc core code.

it looks like one could set up a cron job to handle it, ignoring that setting.

if you do not know how to set up a cron job to do this task, perhaps someone else can help; else you could hire one of the developers on this board to set it up for you.

best.

I'm a sys admin by day so I'm familiar with cron jobs in general, I'll research how to set this up and see if that will help, I appreciate you pointing me in the right direction.

There is no timer associated with ENABLE_DISABLED_UPCOMING_PRODUCT. It fires once per session in includes/init_includes/init_special_funcs.php. Anytime someone starts using your cart, this logic fires, and as long as it's after 00:00 on the day the product is scheduled to go enabled, it goes enabled.

The date check is done in includes/functions/functions_products.php and you could add a time check if you wanted to. Are you sure it's worth the added complexity? Guess it depends on your business.

swguy:

There is no timer associated with ENABLE_DISABLED_UPCOMING_PRODUCT. It fires once per session in includes/init_includes/init_special_funcs.php. Anytime someone starts using your cart, this logic fires, and as long as it's after 00:00 on the day the product is scheduled to go enabled, it goes enabled.

The date check is done in includes/functions/functions_products.php and you could add a time check if you wanted to. Are you sure it's worth the added complexity? Guess it depends on your business.

really?

the whole point of a cronjob is to be able to run it at the specific time one wants.

this thing is not that complex.

here you go, free code:

turn ENABLE_DISABLED_UPCOMING_PRODUCT to manual.

create a file in your store root called something like cronUpcomingProducts.php

add a cron job at your specified time. something like:

/usr/local/bin/php /var/www/myStoreRoot/cronUpcomingProducts.php > /home/myUser/UpcomingProducts.log

(you can figure out the times and days).

use the following code in your new file:

#!/usr/bin/php
<?php

    $is_browser = (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) || PHP_SAPI !== 'cli');
    if ($is_browser && isset($_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]) && $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] !== $_SERVER["SERVER_ADDR"]) {
        echo ' ERROR: Permission denied.';
        exit(1);
    };

    $baseDir = dirname(__FILE__);

    $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = 'cronUpcomingProducts';
    $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = 'localhost';
    $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = 'localhost';

    chdir($baseDir);

    require $baseDir . '/includes/application_top.php';

    zen_enable_disabled_upcoming();

done.

hope that helps. not too complex. no changing of zc core code.

You still have to edit includes/init_includes/init_special_funcs.php to remove the call to zen_enable_disabled_upcoming() or any visitor who happens along before noon will enable the disabled products which are set to the current day.

swguy:

You still have to edit includes/init_includes/init_special_funcs.php to remove the call to zen_enable_disabled_upcoming() or any visitor who happens along before noon will enable the disabled products which are set to the current day.

i do not believe that is correct. the call of that function is controlled by a config value. as previously stated above:

carlwhat:

turn ENABLE_DISABLED_UPCOMING_PRODUCT to manual.

from: includes/init_includes/init_special_funcs.php

    if (defined('ENABLE_DISABLED_UPCOMING_PRODUCT') && ENABLE_DISABLED_UPCOMING_PRODUCT == 'Automatic') {
        zen_enable_disabled_upcoming();
    }

best.

I see your point - I had overlooked this:

turn ENABLE_DISABLED_UPCOMING_PRODUCT to manual.