Looking for help on perl

[stonda]

Hi. On my website, I need to get the cart detail content at the end of the checkout (list or product with code, name and price stored in the basket). I think that this information is stored in the online session file and the OrderScript perl file (os000001.pl) extracts it via a code.
So I'm looking for somebody to write me a add on to get this information.
Norman, the perl specilist is overbooked : hope that he is not the only one to understand perl on the forum !
Thanks in advance

[gabrielcrowe]

you'd be better off telling us why you want the data and how you want to use it. there is probably a MUCH better way of doing this.

[guccij]

I think Didier is after some PSP integration. See http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=37083

[stonda]

Yes it is right. I would like to add a new PSP on my website. Everything is ready, we created an interface in php between actinic and the bank to send the information. Every thing works correctly and we can send the order number, order amount and information about the client. Just need to get the basket content (reference, name and price for the all the products on the basket).
This information is stored in the online session file and I need a "perl specialist" to write this part of the interface.

[zmagyar]

Hi, if everything is written in PHP and you need only the cart content then why don't you extract this from the session file on the server? You only need the session ID what is stored in a cookie. Once you got it you can read the session file what is just a plain XML file and you can extract the information you need.

[stonda]

Thank you Zoltan. Seems to be very simple ! Just to know how to find the cookie and read it.
If someone can help me, it would be great!
Thanks

[zmagyar]

Use PHP variables/functions to get the content of the ACTINIC_CART cookie. The retrieved string will be the same of the session file name (just add .session extension and open it). The session file is a plain XML file. I believe the XML format is verbose enough to understand without very deep documentation. :-)
I believe anyone who did the PHP file for you should be able to implement this for you.

[stonda]

Thank you Zoltan. I give all these informations to the people who make the php file and will et you know.
Thanks again

[stonda]

Thanks Zoltan I got the cookie variables Ok

but where would the session files be stored ? can't find them

Thanks

E.

[zmagyar]

They are in the acatalog folder. Just add a .session extension to the session ID what you have extracted from the cookies.

[stonda]

Thanks, we're almost there

just one thing : in order to read the session file, I had to modify permissions of the session file

chmod(644)

has anyone heard of any impact of such n order on the session file ?

Thanks

[zmagyar]

Just do what the perl scripts are doing. I.e. change permissions to make the file readable, read the file then restore the original permissions.