Plugin hangs checkout and WooCommerce settings

gleb/at/bitcoinway.com

API key is not used whatsoever.

@gleb, I sent you admin access by email yesterday. Test server is just sitting waiting.

@blistovmhz – sorry, i don’t see your email.
Could you re-send it to above address?

I likely won’t be able to work with it tonight – but will get on it tomorrow.

@gleb, Sorry, somehow didn’t send yesterday (oops). Sent again.

Now you have my login details.

Ok guys thanks.
I got both emails – will let you know as soon as i’ll be able to get my hands on it.
If you won’t use these servers for 48 hours (so we wouldn’t interfere with each other) – that would be great.

Gleb

Just checked the log files of the Plugin:

UTC|1.26/Standard|bwwc-utils.php(136)|: WARNING: Cannot retrieve bitcoin exchange rates from https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCEUR/ticker. SSL/server issues? Will try backup URL

Oh, I did just notice while tcpdumping that the plugin does contact MT.Gox. I’ve no idea what all happens in that exchange. Are we expecting a certain port to be open for this plugin to work?

Plugin tries to retrieve current bitcoin exchange rate from MtGox.com, and if it doesn’t work – then from another blockchain.info

If connection is crappy (slow?) then it could be the cause.
Lately MtGox.com was under DDOS attack so their server was indeed reporting slowly.
I’ll investigate that…

At the mean time you may try yourself – comment out plugin code that tries to retrieve exchange rate:

File: bwwc-utils.php

Replace:

function BWWC__get_exchange_rate_per_bitcoin ($currency_code, $rate_type = 'vwap', $get_ticker_string=false)
{
   if ($currency_code == 'BTC')
      return "1.00";   // 1:1

with:

function BWWC__get_exchange_rate_per_bitcoin ($currency_code, $rate_type = 'vwap', $get_ticker_string=false)
{
//   if ($currency_code == 'BTC')
      return "1.00";   // 1:1

I deleted following code:

File: bwwc-utils.php

$result = @BWWC__file_get_contents ($main_url);
   if ($result)
   {
      $json_obj = @json_decode(trim($result));
      if (is_object($json_obj))
      {
         if ($json_obj->result == 'success')
         {
            $avg  = @$json_obj->return->avg->value;
            $vwap = @$json_obj->return->vwap->value;
            $sell = @$json_obj->return->sell->value;
         }
      }
   }

Now it just uses https://blockchain.info/ticker and it works fine.

Why did you uncomment “// if ($currency_code == ‘BTC’)”?

I just added

mail('[email protected]', 'BitCoin Plugin', $sell);

after

$sell = @$json_obj->return->sell->value;

Then I ordered a product and I got 4 mails. Why does it check the actual price 4times (or more often?) It should only check it once.

@gleb, yup, that worked. But why? Is MT.Gox refusing to service my request, while allowing others?

No, if you add “//” in front of “if ($currency_code == ‘BTC’)” it just does not look up the actual price.

It just uses the price which is set. (That means if a product cost 50€ it now also cost 50BTC)

>> That is NO Solution <<

That was just to test the cause of the problem, not a solution of course.
I will update the code soon to reflect the slowness of mtgox.com exchange API.

Tried WebDesZ’s solution, which seems to have worked. Exchange rate was correct, transfer seems to have gone through, just waiting on confirmation.

What exactly did I just … do? and why’d it work, and should I be worried?