Problem using PHP in Order API

[judodan]

Hi all,

I'm trying to use PHP in the Order API (to access PHP library on back end). I've searched the forum and found some hints. I created my script to execute in the PHP CLI directly and saved it as a PL file. I accessed it directly and it worked dandy. However, when I tested buying a product, it came up with the following error:

[24-Sep-2009 16:37:05] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in <... my path...>/shop/sc/thankyou.cgi on line 2298

Of course the thankyou.cgi file is compiled or encrypted or something...

I can put a very simple file that just echos a simple string and it still gets this error. If I pop in the CGI file, it works just fine.

my phptest.pl file looks like this:

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#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php

echo "<p>Dan was here!!</p>";

?>


I'm not so good with CGI/Perl, but pretty experienced with PHP. Any help to get me up and running is MUCH appreciated...

Thanks!

[loren_d_c]

What operating system is your server using?

If Windows, then only Perl scripts and compiled executables are supported. And the Perl script must have a .pl extension (it can't be a PHP script with a .pl extension to try to trick it).

Also, even if that test script were to be executed successfully, you would probably get an Internal Server Error message instead of the thankyou screen, this is because you need to print out content type headers before you print anything else out to the browser.

-Loren

[judodan]

What operating system is your server using?

If Windows, then only Perl scripts and compiled executables are supported. And the Perl script must have a .pl extension (it can't be a PHP script with a .pl extension to try to trick it).

Also, even if that test script were to be executed successfully, you would probably get an Internal Server Error message instead of the thankyou screen, this is because you need to print out content type headers before you print anything else out to the browser.

-Loren

I'll try adding the headers (for the test...). The system, however, is a linux system. Once I try adding the headers, I'll let you know if I get results.

Thanks for the quick pointer, I am at wit's end!

[loren_d_c]

If it is a Linux server, please give your script a normal .php file extension, there is no reason to confuse the issue by giving a .pl extension when it is really a PHP script.

Of course it shouldn't hurt anything either, since from the commandline Linux doesn't execute files based on their file extension anyway.

-Loren

[judodan]

If it is a Linux server, please give your script a normal .php file extension, there is no reason to confuse the issue by giving a .pl extension when it is really a PHP script.

Of course it shouldn't hurt anything either, since from the commandline Linux doesn't execute files based on their file extension anyway.

-Loren

OK... I still have to put the #!/usr/bin/php -q at the beginning, right?

I know this is unrelated, but is there some way to test this from an order without actually placing an order? I could not seem to find a way to do it on a demo store (which actually makes sense...) but I'd like to not have to run up a bunch of orders testing and ask the client to refund them...

[judodan]

ok, so I added the context type and changed the extension.

Still getting the same error. Hrm. Any other ideas??

Thanks.

(Code now looks like so:

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#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php

echo "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

echo "Dan was here!!";
?>


)

[loren_d_c]

Are you sure you are using a CLI-enabled version of PHP or that executing PHP from the commandline isn't disabled by some global PHP setting?

Have you tried running the script by itself from the commandline (not from your browser)?

-Loren

[judodan]

Are you sure you are using a CLI-enabled version of PHP or that executing PHP from the commandline isn't disabled by some global PHP setting?

Have you tried running the script by itself from the commandline (not from your browser)?

-Loren

No access to command line, but I popped it in as a CRON job and it runs, so I presume that's it's enabled.

[loren_d_c]

Try starting your PHP with this code:

$query_string = trim(fgets(STDIN));
parse_str($query_string,$params);

It may be that your script is finishing and exiting too fast. This should slow it down a little bit by making sure it waits until after it has received all of the parameters from ShopSite before it completes and exits.

-Loren

[loren_d_c]

Here is an example PHP script that works for me via the Order API:

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#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php
$query_string = trim(fgets(STDIN));
parse_str($query_string,$params);

echo "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
?>

<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>This is a test!</body>

-Loren