You can check it in PrestaShop addons shop: http://addons.prestashop.com/en/front-office-features/4826-advanced-auction.html

Suggestions and questions: donatas@invertus.lt.

People are now looking for authoritative information generated by other users online, not in books or encyclopedias. Customers are using reviews more and more before deciding to make a purchase.

You can also check simpler versions of this module:

Advanced Review on PrestaShop addons website: http://bit.ly/IvZcwn

Suggestions and questions: donatas@invertus.lt.

Suggestions and questions: donatas@invertus.lt.

The solution:
I found out that some $_POST variable values were missing after translations form submit. Google helped me to find the solution :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5077969/php-some-post-values-missing-but-are-present-in-php-input

PHP by default limits number of variables to 1000. As it is stated here:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.max-input-vars

It’s stated, that this option is available since PHP 5.3.9:
http://php.net/manual/en/info.configuration.php
My PHP version is 5.3.6 – so maybe php.net website placed wrong information.

You can also check your server logs and you should se something like this (Ubuntu example):
[error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning: Unknown: Input variables exceeded 1000. To increase the limit change max_input_vars in php.ini. in Unknown on line 0, referer:…

So the solution to set max_input_vars in php.ini. Just place this line ant the end of php.ini max_input_vars = 10000
If you use Ubuntu 11.10 you will find php.ini in this directory: /etc/php5/apache2/

One more problem solved. Hope this info will be helpful for you.

You can download PrestaShop password resetter here. Download archive, extract it and upload to your shop’s root directory and access it with your browser.

Here are some screenshots:

Select emails for which you want to backup passwords and click “Download old passwords”:

Backup old PrestaShop password(s)

Now you can reset password(s). Select email(s) ( sorry I forgot to select email in next screenshot ) and click “Reset”:

Reset PrestaShop password

Now after you finished your job you can restore old passwords. Now you do not need to select any emails – just click Browse, choose the file you downloaded before and click “Upload File”:

Restore PrestaShop Password

This script is tested with PrestaShop 1.3 and 1.4 versions. The source code is well documented so you can check it your self and change it to your needs.

Well that’s it. If you have some questions just write a comment or an email to: donatas@invertus.lt

Cheers!

v1.7 2011/07/14 :
-  Added option to subscribe auctions – customers can subscribe to auction and get information about new bids.
-  Added ability to ban users from auctions – if you have some problems with malicious bidders you can ban some IP addresses or range of IP addresses.

Check our demo:

PrestaShop v1.3:

Demo address: http://www.invertus.lt/demo/ps13/
Demo admin address: http://www.invertus.lt/demo/ps13/admin1/
Module can be found in Modules tab -> under “Invertus” section.

PrestaShop v1.4:

Demo address: http://www.invertus.lt/demo/ps14/
Demo admin address: http://www.invertus.lt/demo/ps14/admin1/
Module can be found in Modules tab -> under “Other Modules” section.

Demo user login:
username: demo@invertus.lt
password: demologin

You can buy our module here: addons.prestashop.com.

That’s was PrestaShop newsletter says:

“- New image system so you can have a product catalogue with a million images!

« The sky’s the limit for your shop with the v.1.4.3 high-performance image system! PrestaShop is ideal for any shopkeeper no matter the size of the shop. »”

This new feature is not turned on by default in PrestaShop 1.4.3.0 – you have to enable it manually. Go to Preferences->Products and select Activate legacy images compatibility: to no:

Activate legacy images compatibility

If you have upgraded your PrestaShop system then you’ll have to move your images to the new images storage system. Go to Preferences->Image and go to the bottom of the page:

Move images to new storage system

Well done PrestaShop! We will definitely try this new version ASAP!

PrestaShop changed Cart’s class method from:

public function OrderExists()
{       
 $result = Db::getInstance()->ExecuteS('SELECT `id_cart` FROM `'
._DB_PREFIX_.'orders` WHERE `id_cart` = '.(int)($this->id));
 return Db::getInstance()->NumRows();
}

To:

public function OrderExists()
{
 return (bool)Db::getInstance()->getValue('SELECT `id_cart` FROM `'
._DB_PREFIX_.'orders` WHERE `id_cart` = '.(int)$this->id);

}

As you can see now it returns Boolean value not Integer.

Klarna payment module checks if the order exists with current cart with this line:

$cart->OrderExists() === 0

So now this statement returns false instead of true because variable type is not integer. It returned number of rows in earlier versions  – so 0 means that there was no any order with the current cart and the statement was correct.

You can find this line in file: modules/kreditor/kreditor.php and in modules/cashondeliverywithfee/cashondeliverywithfee.php.

Check these files and change statement from:

$cart->OrderExists() === 0

to:

!$cart->OrderExists()

It will solve the problem.

It’s early morning now and I hope I described this problem clearly. Well I need more coffee. Hope this post saves somebodies time.

1. Check if you are changing your password in correct server and correct database

Many times people just mix databases or servers. If you are sure then check this post maybe it will help you. If this method didn’t solved your problem go to step 2.

2. Check your __PS_BASE_URI__ parameter in settings.inc.php file

Your PrestaShop is  installed in web server root directory or sub directory. If you moved your shop to other directory then __PS_BASE_URI__ is incorrect and you will not be able to log in to your back office anymore. Or you could change this parameter accidentally.

Find file /config/settings.inc.php. Open it with text editor and check __PS_BASE_URI__ parameter. If your PrestaShop is located in a sub directory then it should look like this:

define('__PS_BASE_URI__', '/your_sub_directory_name/');

If it is in web server root directory then it should look like this:

define('__PS_BASE_URI__', '/');

It helped to me but if you still cannot access your admin admin then go to next stepl

3. Hack your PrestaShop (you’ll need FTP access)

It’s not actually a hacking because you’ll need access to your PrestaShop php files but it will allow you to access PreStashop back office with correct email and any at least 5 symbols random password – PrestaShop checks password length before authentication.

This method is unsecure because anybody will be able to login with correct email and any long enough password. 

OK find the file: your_admin_folder/login.php.

Find line:

$employee = $employee->getByemail($email, $passwd);

Change it to:

$employee = $employee->getByemail($email, null);

Now try to login  with correct email and at least 5 symbols random password. It worked for me – tested with PrestaShop 1.4.2.5 and 1.4.3.0

As I mentioned before this method is not actually hacking but it may be used for malicious purposes also

Updated 2011.07.02:

Well there is one more reason that can cause this problem – PHP bug: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42523

This problem was also reported to PrestaShop: http://forge.prestashop.com/browse/PSCFI-1110

If your PHP installation has this bug then $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] variable will return the wrong value which is used in cookie path calculation.You can find this line in your admin folder/login.php file (54 line i PrestaShop 1.4.3.0):

$cookie = new Cookie('psAdmin', substr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'],
strlen(__PS_BASE_URI__), -10));

Change this line to:

$cookie = new Cookie('psAdmin', substr($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'],
strlen(__PS_BASE_URI__), -10));

It resolved the problem for me.

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