Make a sale, get a text message

swguy:

It cannot be "configured" to do any of these things; you would have to write code to do it.

Great mod swguy!

I know Verizon will split text msgs if they contain too many characters so I don't see the length being an issue unless product names are lengthy.

Has anyone attempted to write code to include Product Name and Quantity Ordered in text message?

Users outside the US who don't have an email to text gateway might consider using Penny SMS.

https://www.pennysms.com/

There's an email integration and the price is very reasonable at $0.01.

I tried the CAN-SPAM fix you had listed on your FAQ, but it did not work and I'm getting two text messages because of it. Any idea why it is not working in 1.3.8a?

It does work in 1.3.8. You've done something wrong. (The difference between 1.3.8 and 1.3.8a is so small it's not worth mentioning. When people say 1.3.8 they mean 1.3.8a.)

swguy:

It does work in 1.3.8. You've done something wrong. (The difference between 1.3.8 and 1.3.8a is so small it's not worth mentioning. When people say 1.3.8 they mean 1.3.8a.)

I found the error. Seems to be messing up when the email part of stock by attributes runs in /includes/classes/order.php. Every time I mess with the CAN-SPAM part in any way I get a > PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/content/n/e/w/newtonmrktng/html/flavorwood_store/includes/classes/order.php on line 788
as a debug error. The line it refers to says ```
foreach($this->products[$i]['attributes'] as $attributes){

I don't have the time to play with code to make it all work together nicely so I'll just live with the two text messages until I get time.

I suspect you want to do something like

if (is_array($this->products[$i]['attributes'])) {

before the foreach loop.

swguy:

I suspect you want to do something like

if (is_array($this->products[$i]['attributes'])) {

before the foreach loop.

That solved my error problem, but didn't fix the CAN-SPAM issue. I can live with the two messages for now until I have time to look further into the problem. It might just fix itself when I start working on a test upgrade to 1.3.9b.

Scott - same issue here with 1.3.9d:

Applied the fix from your faq and that got sms on sale working again when an order via paypal is received. Also getting 2 messages with all the CAN-SPAM blah blah attached.

I loaded this on my site and made a test order. It sent a text message to my phone. The problem is that the order did not round up the taxes, so the order amount is saying that the was for 57.2258 instead of 57.23. The email that was sent to my email account was correct, it just shows up like that in my text message.

Zencart 1.3.9f

Interesting, noone has ever reported this. To fix it, edit ./includes/classes/observers/class.msg_owner.php and change the last part of $email_text definition from using

• $order->info['total'] . "\n";

to

• round($order->info['total'], 2) . "\n";

Is there a way to have it so that who the message is from is from the same send every time is sends a sms to my phone? Right now, every time is sends a message, who it is from changes.

Example, one order says it is from 1410000022 and the next order will say it is from 1410000023.

I want to be able to add a contact into my phone so when I get a order it has a special tone for it. I can't do this if it keeps changing every time.

The from address should be your store. Not sure why you're getting the order id as the from address.

swguy:

The from address should be your store. Not sure why you're getting the order id as the from address.

Inside the message itself it says it is from my store, but the phone is coming from is not and it is not my order number. I'm not sure what that number is, that's the number it tries to save when I try to add it to my contact list on my phone.

I think it might be At&t side. I tried sending a text message to my phone with my work email and it did the same.

swguy:

For those still without an SMS to Email Gateway, it looks like Google Voice (what used to be Grand Central) might be a good option. I will post instructions after they open it to the public.

Did you ever get this option working yet? This might be a better way to go to do what I want.

frank18:

Scott - same issue here with 1.3.9d:

Applied the fix from your faq and that got sms on sale working again when an order via paypal is received. Also getting 2 messages with all the CAN-SPAM blah blah attached.

Has anyone come up with a solution to the CAN-SPAM issue with the 1.3.9 line? I've been looking at it off and on for months and still can't get it to not send the CAN-SPAM garbage.

cycochuck:

Has anyone come up with a solution to the CAN-SPAM issue with the 1.3.9 line? I've been looking at it off and on for months and still can't get it to not send the CAN-SPAM garbage.

Ok, got it working.:clap: All I had to do was re-enable logging.:blink: Don't know why it requires logging, but I can live with it.

cycochuck:

Ok, got it working.:clap: All I had to do was re-enable logging.:blink: Don't know why it requires logging, but I can live with it.

Are you referring to line 24 of the file includes/classes/observers/class.msg_owner.php where > "no_archive", may be changed to > "msg_owner", ?

frank18:

Are you referring to line 24 of the file includes/classes/observers/class.msg_owner.php where may be changed to ?

Thats the one. Don't know why it fixed everything so I only get on message now but like I said, I can live with it.

cycochuck:

Thats the one. Don't know why it fixed everything so I only get on message now but like I said, I can live with it.

Thanks cycochuck - that will do me.

I'm sorry to say: that did not fix it for me - the CAN-SPAM message still appears in the SMS :yuck: (just did a test order ...)

There's got to be a way to get rid of this as we are not even trying to send spam to anyone but only looking for a notification of a sale .... a simple msg to the shop owner (ourselves ..)