see that all the time....
the file headers get malformed when they are ftp'd incorrectly...and produce wildly inconsistent results...page works once, and never works again etc.

Why? I believe that simplisticly it has to do with how the line breaks in the files are written...binary preserves them in a way that leaves them functional, ascii replaces them with 'place holders' that cause errors...

good example to see it in action...check out the backpack module. Does a great job saving and importing your MySQL data from xoops...BUT save the data with back pack and try re-inserting it with phpMyAdmin, and it throws errors all day long.

Another easy way to graphically see what I am referring to is to open a php file with notepad, and open an exact duplicate of the file in wordpad...the difference you see there, means a lot to the server.

Ipswitch WS-FTPPro is a good alternative to CuteFTP, which didn't work for me very well or consistently either

check your .htaccess file and make sure that your server will automatically show php files if named 'index'.

For example, my server is set up to look for html and php only, so when I inadvertently place index.htm in the directory, I get the same thing as you descibe, or a 404 error...as soon as I rename the file with the html extension everything goes back to being happy.

Without knowing anything about your set-up, what currently works, and what does not, that is where I would start.

Good Luck!

Check this link out....

https://xoops.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=280

You can include your individual scripts in the new module folder and use the 'sub menu' fields in xoopsversion.php to display the various menu links for the various scripts...

i.e.:
- In menu is a link to "guildsomething or other"
- when you click on it, a sub menu of links appears under it.
- each of those links would link to the seperate scripts (php files) that you will include in your new module.
- Just set the path for each file in xoopsversion.php

**be sure to include the 'includes' shown in the index.php with each individual script page**

the individual script pages will assume the style sheet associated with your theme etc. Quite a nice system

if it looks too complicated, just try it as a simple, single page first...once you get that to work, adding to it and expanding it becomes nuch easier

Happy xoopsing!

I thought that was my problem at first too...
the site that I can't get it working with is on a shared server...has a couple of domains and the mainfile has been changed many times to accomodate the fickle customer that keeps changing his mind about what domain name he wants to use etc.

however...I was able to prove that the install of xoops, the module, and their configurations are not the problem, because I entered my personal paypal e-mail into the customers module, submitted a donation, and it went through and logged just fine... as soon as I changed the e-mail address back to the customers e-mail, it stops logging.

My personal e-mail with my paypal account have nothing in common with anything at the site in question....and the customers e-mail is a standard pop e-mail provided with his ISP (soandso@sbcglobal.net)

I'm still of the opinion that it is a PayPal issue of some sort.

Have you tried entering anyone else's paypal account e-mail into your block's config options to see if it works?

Tried uninstalling the module and all files and database entries from the site that isn't working and copying the files and database entries from the site that works to it?

I've done all of those things... and the bottom line is that this customers PayPal account just won't play

Anyone have any luck finding a donation module that works with another service besides PayPal?

ok...here's the latest in my diggings...

Monty's version works.
The version I posted works.
The difference between the two is in table stucture...with the Monty posted version being a bit 'better'...either way, not an issue.

I will say that for some reason when uninstalling my first one, and re-installing the 'newer' one, that I had to manually remove a couple of entries from the database.

Next...your paypal account needs to be 'Verified' for this to work now... waaaay back in the beginning it didn't. I've spoken to Paypal about it, and that is their response.
(I also noticed that I did not have to have the IPN reporting turned on in my paypal account for it to work, but have turned it on anyway, just to be compliant with the modules instructions)

Anyway... at this point I have the module working, and reporting... but ONLY with verified accounts at PayPal.

Hope this helps!

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That might need an edit

Well.... unfortunately, the IPN seems only to report when an Webmaster donates. I have it on two sites...

Site A: www.maggieroark.com
is XOOPS version 2.0.7.3
Reports the donators fine, but will not allow anyone but an admin to the actual donations page...absolutely baffling to me as to why...

Site B: www.teamphast.com
is XOOPS version 2.0.10
Reprted one donation from the webmaster(only after copying the table data from the 2.0.7.3 install to the current table of the 2.0.10 site), doesn't report info from anyone else.

I've spent probably $10 just in paypal fees donating back and forth as a member of different groups...on both sites...even went so far as to alter the paypal account address to be the same for both sites, and it still doesn't fix anything.

I'm of the opinion that this module is no longer compatible with XOOPS in it's current version when run as a clean install...It's not paypal...as the module works fine with paypal when installed on older versions, and from what I am seeing around the community, it appears to work just fine with sites that have upgraded their XOOPS versions.

The only place I can not get it to work is on 2.0.10 or higher when run as a clean install.

ANY help with this would be appreciated enough to get me to Donate through a PayPal module!

[EDITED]
I re-downloaded the xdonations block after the XOOPS module repository clean up, and had the same issues...

Originally I thought it might be an XOOPS version issue... but after locating my original xdonations 1.9 downlod, re-installing it... everything is working again...

To help me and others test this 'theory' of a bad 1.9 module being available, download my original version HERE, and let us know if it solves your problems...

Thanks!
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I have had the same problem for over a year now....

case in point... (can't get much more simple than this...but it just doesn't work)

this is the code I have used in the block;

include_once(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH . '/ip.php');

this is a link to the ip.php file... which works;

http://www.adamroark.net/TpM/ip.php

and this is the content of the ip.php file itself;

<?php
echo $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REMOTE_ADDR'];
?>

I've tried it with the default theme...custom themes, etc.

Has anyone ever had it NOT work, and later discovered why?

Does anyone know where these are defined?

I'd like to add some of my own, and realize that I need to include it in the smarty definitions, or something similar...

Don't know too much PHP, but know enough to be dangerous!

Thanks in advance...

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I never got reynaldos to work, or was able to get any support with it.

The above thread is what I am using, but the sites are hosted at the same location, and the sub-site is a sub-directory of the main site. Not exactly what I wanted, but working in the meantime.