Opencart 2.0 Extension Installer

Johnathan wrote:I've tested the extension uploader a few times myself, and never have been able to get it to work. I don't consider that part of 2.0 to be stable at this point. (Honestly, I'd recommend just waiting to update for new features -- like the extension installer -- until a lot of the initial bugs are worked out. It'll save you some time on extension development.)

budgetneon wrote: - The installer says "Success: You have installed your extension!", but, alas, the extension is not installed.

while ($entry = zip_read($zip)) {
    $zip_name = zip_entry_name($entry);
    //....
    $file = DIR_APPLICATION . substr($zip_name, 13);
    if (is_file($file) && substr($zip_name, 0, 13) == 'upload/admin/') {
        $json['overwrite'][] = substr($zip_name, 7);
    }
    // ... more if blocks like the one above, but for other paths, like upload/system
}

rph wrote:That's just the notice for files being overwritten. The code for unzipping and FTPing are several lines above it (starts at ~123).

$json['step'][] = array(
                  'text' => $this->language->get('text_unzip'),
                  'url'  => str_replace('&', '&', $this->url->link('extension/installer/unzip', 'token=' . $this->session->data['token'], 'SSL')),
                  'path' => $path
);

 $zip->extractTo(DIR_DOWNLOAD . str_replace(array('../', '..\\', '..'), '', $this->request->post['path']));

dev@octurbo:~/dev/v2pagecache$ unzip -l v2pagecache-1.0.ocmod.zip 
Archive:  v2pagecache-1.0.ocmod.zip
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
      200  2014-10-14 21:04   install.xml
     9486  2014-10-14 19:45   upload/system/library/v2pagecache.php
    12583  2014-10-14 19:51   upload/admin/view/template/module/v2pagecache.tpl
     3028  2014-10-14 19:47   upload/admin/language/english/module/v2pagecache.php
       79  2014-10-14 19:47   upload/admin/language/english/extension/v2pagecache.php
    15365  2014-10-14 19:50   upload/admin/controller/module/v2pagecache.php

rph wrote:Add a breakpoint in the ftp() method and step through it with your debugger.....

justcurious wrote:

Johnathan wrote:I've tested the extension uploader a few times myself, and never have been able to get it to work. I don't consider that part of 2.0 to be stable at this point. (Honestly, I'd recommend just waiting to update for new features -- like the extension installer -- until a lot of the initial bugs are worked out. It'll save you some time on extension development.)

It's a shame. I am aware of the general feeling towards OCMOD as opposed to VQMOD, but I thought I'd give OCMOD a shot anyway. The problem is that once an extension is developed with VQMOD, I think that most developers will be unlikely to bother to make it backwards compatible with OCMOD at a later date when there is a fully functional alternative readily available.

budgetneon wrote: This seems like perhaps it's designed for shared hosting, where ftp is (reluctantly) enabled. Most people running on a vps or dedicated host wouldn't have ftp enabled. Even if they did, they would have this insecure daemon configured so that it wasn't able to install files into the web server area.

Qphoria wrote:Not to worry, vQmod 2.5.0+ is fully compatible with 2.0 so you always have the fallback to vQmod

• Edit the Mod File
• Go to Extensions > Modifications
• Select The modification
• Click Delete
• Go to Extensions > Extension Installer
• Click the Upload Button
• Find the file you want to upload and select it
• Go to Extensions > Modifications
• Click the Refresh Button
• Go back to the relevent extension to see the results

• Edit the Mod File from the server using Filezilla
• Save the changes
• Go back to Filezilla to confirm upload changes to the server
• Go back to the browser and refresh the page

budgetneon wrote:A high level question though. Why would a file that's by definition, already on the server, need to pass through an ftp() method? It's a little silly to ftp files from the local host back to itself.