Is a Permanent Login (Auto-Login) Possible?

My live store address: http://bit.ly/1UEDgkc

PHP Version: 5.4.45

I had no problem to install / config. / adjust template of the module.

thx

@solo_400, I see the issue. Multiple cookies are being generated for each pseudo-subdirectory that is introduced by your URL mangler.

That is, on initial sign-in, the cookie is created for www.yoursite.com/shop. When I navigate to the bijuterii-din-argint/pandantive-de-argint/pandantiv-pentru-bratara-tip-charm-model-tip-murano-cod-387 product, a cookie is created for www.yoursite.com/shop/bijuterii-din-argint/pandantive-de-argint.

Let me investigate a bit further ...

Phew! You were quite correct @solo_400 ... the plugin did not work!

I've submitted v1.4.3 to the Zen Cart Plugins for review; it can be downloaded here (https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=332) once reviewed.

       This release *drops support for Zen Cart versions prior to 1.5.5* and contains the changes associated with the following GitHub issues:

#4: Cart emptied on session timeout.
#5: Specify domain and path for cookie (interoperation with URL modifiers).
#6: Apply PSR-2 styling to plugin-specific files.
#7: Capture session values for restoration.
#8: Use Zen Cart 1.5.5e as the change-basis for template-override changes.

You can download this version from the plugin's GitHub repository (https://github.com/lat9/remember_me/releases/tag/v1.4.3) if you want a "preview". I'll update this thread when the plugin is available from Zen Cart.

Great lat9, I was waiting for a feedback :-)

1. Can I install this new version without running remember_me_uninstall.sql ?
2. tpl_login_default.php and tpl_modules_create_account.php are the same of 1.4.2 version ?

thank you

solo_400:

Great lat9, I was waiting for a feedback :-)

1. Can I install this new version without running remember_me_uninstall.sql ?
2. tpl_login_default.php and tpl_modules_create_account.php are the same of 1.4.2 version ?

thank you
You can upgrade without running the uninstall SQL, but the template-override files have changed from 1.4.2 to add changes introduced in Zen Cart 1.5.5e. If you have already installed (and possibly merged those files with your custom changes), you don't need to update those template files.

You can view the plugin's current readme here.

I have installed on my live store.

Is there any debug activated? I have a remember_me.log in log directory increasing fast.

solo_400:

I have installed on my live store.

Is there any debug activated? I have a remember_me.log in log directory increasing fast.
Darn it; I forgot to remove that debug code. Edit /includes/classes/observers/class.remember_me_observer.php, finding this section:

    
    protected function encodeCookie($cookie_data)
    {
        $cookie_data['currency'] = $_SESSION['currency'];
        $cookie_data['language'] = $_SESSION['language'];
        $cookie_data['languages_id'] = $_SESSION['languages_id'];
        $cookie_data['languages_code'] = $_SESSION['languages_code'];
        $cookie_data['cartIdSet'] = isset($_SESSION['cartID']);
        $cookie_data['securityToken'] = $_SESSION['securityToken'];
        error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " encodeCookie: " . var_export($cookie_data, true) . PHP_EOL, 3, DIR_FS_LOGS . '/remember_me.log');
        
        return base64_encode(gzcompress(serialize($cookie_data), 9));
    }
    
    protected function removeCookie()
    {
        $this->setCookie('', time() - 3600);
    }
    
    protected function decodeCookie()
    {
        $remember_info = false;
        if (isset($_COOKIE[$this->cookie_name])) {
            $remember_info = base64_decode($_COOKIE[$this->cookie_name]);
            if ($remember_info !== false) {
                $remember_info = gzuncompress($remember_info);
                if ($remember_info !== false) {
                    $remember_info = unserialize($remember_info);
                }
            }
        }
        error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " decodeCookie: " . var_export($remember_info, true) . PHP_EOL, 3, DIR_FS_LOGS . '/remember_me.log');
        return $remember_info;
    }

and commenting-out those debug lines:

    
    protected function encodeCookie($cookie_data)
    {
        $cookie_data['currency'] = $_SESSION['currency'];
        $cookie_data['language'] = $_SESSION['language'];
        $cookie_data['languages_id'] = $_SESSION['languages_id'];
        $cookie_data['languages_code'] = $_SESSION['languages_code'];
        $cookie_data['cartIdSet'] = isset($_SESSION['cartID']);
        $cookie_data['securityToken'] = $_SESSION['securityToken'];
[B]//[/B]        error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " encodeCookie: " . var_export($cookie_data, true) . PHP_EOL, 3, DIR_FS_LOGS . '/remember_me.log');
        
        return base64_encode(gzcompress(serialize($cookie_data), 9));
    }
    
    protected function removeCookie()
    {
        $this->setCookie('', time() - 3600);
    }
    
    protected function decodeCookie()
    {
        $remember_info = false;
        if (isset($_COOKIE[$this->cookie_name])) {
            $remember_info = base64_decode($_COOKIE[$this->cookie_name]);
            if ($remember_info !== false) {
                $remember_info = gzuncompress($remember_info);
                if ($remember_info !== false) {
                    $remember_info = unserialize($remember_info);
                }
            }
        }
[B]//[/B]        error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " decodeCookie: " . var_export($remember_info, true) . PHP_EOL, 3, DIR_FS_LOGS . '/remember_me.log');
        return $remember_info;
    }

I'll get an update going ...

FWIW, the update is now available on the plugin's GitHub repository: https://github.com/lat9/remember_me

I'll upload that to the Zen Cart plugins over the next couple of days.

ok done.

Now another one:

zcrm_ cokie is never removed, I can see it ( chrome ), there when I visit the store and I'm not logged and even when I logout. Is this normal ?

Something doesn't work. If I close the browser and open it after some minutes, ask for login :-(

solo_400:

ok done.

Now another one:

zcrm_ cokie is never removed, I can see it ( chrome ), there when I visit the store and I'm not logged and even when I logout. Is this normal ?

solo_400:

Something doesn't work. If I close the browser and open it after some minutes, ask for login :-(
I'll look at these later today.

Thanks for the update..

Working fine for me, added additional places for COWAA so its on login, register, create and no accounts. added a peek-a-boo instructions, but not getting FontAwesome icons to show, will have to play with that some more.

ZC1.5.5e
COWAA
PHP7.1
FireFox v56.0 on Ubuntu

Cookie does what the browsers settings are. Deletes on logoff, still there on browsers close/reopen. If browser is set to delete cookies on session end, it deletes the remember me cookie too. No added code to prevent non-account users from triggering it.

davewest:

Thanks for the update..

Working fine for me, added additional places for COWAA so its on login, register, create and no accounts. added a peek-a-boo instructions, but not getting FontAwesome icons to show, will have to play with that some more.

ZC1.5.5e
COWAA
PHP7.1
FireFox v56.0 on Ubuntu

Cookie does what the browsers settings are. Deletes on logoff, still there on browsers close/reopen. If browser is set to delete cookies on session end, it deletes the remember me cookie too. *** No added code to prevent non-account users from triggering it.***
Thanks back at you for giving it a whirl. What do you mean by the highlighted sentence?

lat9:

Thanks back at you for giving it a whirl. What do you mean by the highlighted sentence?

Tested to see if during non-account checkout if it could get triggered to save that account for auto log in.. Just a safety check, even non-account checkouts do create accounts.. and the no account page has a password field where I added the remember me checkbox.

On firefox and chrome in my ipad it seems ok till now. Hope problems i reported before, were because an old chrome version.

I have another question : why between browsers content cart is not syncronized? Products added to cart in a browser are not visible in cart when I check on other browser. Evident, always logged on.

@Lat9 - on Chrome is not working. I tried from 2 different pc, different chrome versions and s.o. After a while ( hours I think ) is asking for login again. Can you check please ?

solo_400:

@Lat9 - on Chrome is not working. I tried from 2 different pc, different chrome versions and s.o. After a while ( hours I think ) is asking for login again. Can you check please ?
It wouldn't be the first time that Chrome threw a wrench into the session-related handling. I've noted the request and will investigate later this week.

solo_400:

On firefox and chrome in my ipad it seems ok till now. Hope problems i reported before, were because an old chrome version.

I have another question : why between browsers content cart is not syncronized? Products added to cart in a browser are not visible in cart when I check on other browser. Evident, always logged on.
That's not within the realm of the plugin's processing. A cookie is set in the browser being used to access the site and used to manage that session, essentially keeping that specific session alive.

If you access the site using FireFox, then a cookie is created in the FireFox browser for that browser's use; if accessed via Chrome, then the cookie is going be created within Chrome's browser-history, available only Chrome's processing.

solo_400:

@Lat9 - on Chrome is not working. I tried from 2 different pc, different chrome versions and s.o. After a while ( hours I think ) is asking for login again. Can you check please ?
I've checked the basic handling, using Zen Cart 1.5.5e and the responsive_classic template, for Chrome and did not find any issue.

What I did was:

1. Login, ticking the "Remember me?" box.
2. Added a product to my cart.
3. Went to checkout (sitting on the checkout_shipping page)
4. Went away for a while, allowing the session to expire.
5. Came back, clicked the "Continue" button and proceeded to Checkout/Payment.

If you'll provide a specific set of actions that you've taken to reproduce the issue, I can make more progress.

lat9:

Darn it; I forgot to remove that debug code. Edit /includes/classes/observers/class.remember_me_observer.php, finding this section:

protected function encodeCookie($cookie_data)
{
    $cookie_data['currency'] = $_SESSION['currency'];
    $cookie_data['language'] = $_SESSION['language'];
    $cookie_data['languages_id'] = $_SESSION['languages_id'];
    $cookie_data['languages_code'] = $_SESSION['languages_code'];
    $cookie_data['cartIdSet'] = isset($_SESSION['cartID']);
    $cookie_data['securityToken'] = $_SESSION['securityToken'];
    error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " encodeCookie: " . var_export($cookie_data, true) . PHP_EOL, 3, DIR_FS_LOGS . '/remember_me.log');
    
    return base64_encode(gzcompress(serialize($cookie_data), 9));
}

protected function removeCookie()
{
    $this->setCookie('', time() - 3600);
}

protected function decodeCookie()
{
    $remember_info = false;
    if (isset($_COOKIE[$this->cookie_name])) {
        $remember_info = base64_decode($_COOKIE[$this->cookie_name]);
        if ($remember_info !== false) {
            $remember_info = gzuncompress($remember_info);
            if ($remember_info !== false) {
                $remember_info = unserialize($remember_info);
            }
        }
    }
    error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " decodeCookie: " . var_export($remember_info, true) . PHP_EOL, 3, DIR_FS_LOGS . '/remember_me.log');
    return $remember_info;
}

> and commenting-out those debug lines:
> ```
    
    protected function encodeCookie($cookie_data)
    {
        $cookie_data['currency'] = $_SESSION['currency'];
        $cookie_data['language'] = $_SESSION['language'];
        $cookie_data['languages_id'] = $_SESSION['languages_id'];
        $cookie_data['languages_code'] = $_SESSION['languages_code'];
        $cookie_data['cartIdSet'] = isset($_SESSION['cartID']);
        $cookie_data['securityToken'] = $_SESSION['securityToken'];
[B]//[/B]        error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " encodeCookie: " . var_export($cookie_data, true) . PHP_EOL, 3, DIR_FS_LOGS . '/remember_me.log');
        
        return base64_encode(gzcompress(serialize($cookie_data), 9));
    }
    
    protected function removeCookie()
    {
        $this->setCookie('', time() - 3600);
    }
    
    protected function decodeCookie()
    {
        $remember_info = false;
        if (isset($_COOKIE[$this->cookie_name])) {
            $remember_info = base64_decode($_COOKIE[$this->cookie_name]);
            if ($remember_info !== false) {
                $remember_info = gzuncompress($remember_info);
                if ($remember_info !== false) {
                    $remember_info = unserialize($remember_info);
                }
            }
        }
[B]//[/B]        error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " decodeCookie: " . var_export($remember_info, true) . PHP_EOL, 3, DIR_FS_LOGS . '/remember_me.log');
        return $remember_info;
    }

I'll get an update going ...
v1.4.4 has been submitted to the plugins for review. I'll post back here once its available.

lat9:

I've checked the basic handling, using Zen Cart 1.5.5e and the responsive_classic template, for Chrome and did not find any issue.

What I did was:

2. Login, ticking the "Remember me?" box.

3. Added a product to my cart.

4. Went to checkout (sitting on the checkout_shipping page)

5. Went away for a while, allowing the session to expire.

6. Came back, clicked the "Continue" button and proceeded to Checkout/Payment.

If you'll provide a specific set of actions that you've taken to reproduce the issue, I can make more progress.

Remember I gave you an account test on my live store? Can you do the same steps on my live store ?

I have Zen Cart 1.5.5, Database Patch Level: 1.5.5 ( not e ) Can you give me the changes 2 overwrite template files for version 1.5.5 please ?

thank you