vBulletin and Interspire Email Marketer (SendStudio)

[citricguy]

I'm very new to almost everything I have done below so bare with me.. What I'm trying to do is add a confirmed user account to an Interspire Email Marketer list upon successful+confirmed registrations.

1) The code works 60% of the time.
2) I have no idea why.

Any help with reliability/code or anything would be greatly appriciated. I'm very new to this stuff.

I'm triggering the XML post (ala: http://idn.interspire.com/articles/2...1.html#request ) to add new users after they successfully subscribe.

Plugin hook: registration_activate_process

And here is the plugin code i'm using (with some stuff hidden..)

PHP Code:

$username = $vbulletin->userinfo[username];
$email= $vbulletin->userinfo[email];
$userid= $vbulletin->userinfo[userid];


$xml = "<xmlrequest>
    <username>hidden</username>
    <usertoken>hidden</usertoken>
    <requesttype>subscribers</requesttype>
    <requestmethod>AddSubscriberToList</requestmethod>
    <details>
        <emailaddress>$email</emailaddress>
        <mailinglist>1</mailinglist>
        <format>html</format>
        <confirmed>yes</confirmed>
        <customfields>
            <item>
                <fieldid>1</fieldid>
                <value>$username</value>
            </item>
            <item>
                <fieldid>2</fieldid>
                <value>$userid</value>
            </item>
        </customfields>
    </details>
</xmlrequest>
";

$ch = curl_init('http://www.hidden.com/email/xml.php');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml);
$result = @curl_exec($ch);
if($result === false) {
    echo "Error performing request";
}
else {
    $xml_doc = simplexml_load_string($result);
    //echo 'Status is ', $xml_doc->status, '<br/>';
    if ($xml_doc->status == 'SUCCESS') {
        //echo 'Data is ', $xml_doc->data, '<br/>';
    } else {
        //echo 'Error is ', $xml_doc->errormessage, '<br/>';
    }
} 


So far it works 60% of the time. All of my tests succeeded in the successful addition of the user into my interspire email marketer list so I know it works, I guess I just want to know if there is something I can do to improve the reliability of the script.

[MoT3rror]

If the xml is on the same server as your forums, why not use php file functions then curl.

[citricguy]

They are indeed hosted on the same server, in different directories.

Would the use of php file functions in essence replace the curl stuff, or would I need to modify the XML code too?

[MoT3rror]

I believe the file functions will just replace the curl functions but I haven't really done much with the file functions and xml. Just the file functions will save a bit of processing compare to using curl that I know.

[citricguy]

Thank's for the info MoT3rror, I'm going to try to update the code and add some logging code so I can see whats going on. Hopefully I can eventually turn this into a mod.

[smooth-c]

Hey guys, i've been working with citric guy and he did get this working with the following code;

(i've HIDDEN personal bits)

$username = $userinfo['username'];
$email= $userinfo['email'];
$userid= $userinfo['userid'];


$xml = "<xmlrequest>
    <username>HIDDEN</username>
    <usertoken>HIDDEN</usertoken>
    <requesttype>subscribers</requesttype>
    <requestmethod>AddSubscriberToList</requestmethod>
    <details>
        <emailaddress>$email</emailaddress>
        <mailinglist>4</mailinglist>
        <format>html</format>
        <confirmed>yes</confirmed>
        <customfields>
            <item>
                <fieldid>1</fieldid>
                <value>$username</value>
            </item>
            <item>
                <fieldid>2</fieldid>
                <value>$userid</value>
            </item>
        </customfields>
    </details>
</xmlrequest>
";

$ch = curl_init('http://www.HIDDEN.com/inspire/xml.php');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml);
$result = @curl_exec($ch);
if($result === false) {
    echo "Error performing request";
}
else {
    $xml_doc = simplexml_load_string($result);
    //echo 'Status is ', $xml_doc->status, '<br/>';
    if ($xml_doc->status == 'SUCCESS') {
        //echo 'Data is ', $xml_doc->data, '<br/>';
    } else {
        //echo 'Error is ', $xml_doc->errormessage, '<br/>';
    }
}

Citric has this mod working seamlessly with his forum, we've been working together and i've came across a problem where, when I register a test account - it works instantly, but any further accounts created on my end, aren't added to the inspire/sendstudio database.

Citric has tried this on his end and it's exactly the same.

The only thing different on my end is that I have manual admin approval for all registrations, aswell as email authentication and he only has email authentication.

The hook location currently used, which works for him fine is register_activate_process

Can anyone see why this would happen? Why it would work once from one computer, then not continue?

Thank you very much!

Greg

[SEOvB]

What happens when you dont use email authentication?

[smooth-c]

The same

[leitel]

A major factor in choosing a mailer program is its ability to sync with vB. I am currently evaluating 12all from activecampaign. http://www.activecampaign.com/12all/
It has a way to sync directly with vB db tables.
It is not much less in price than Interspire. Would anyone familiar with these products care to share their insights?
Thank you

[BigSoccer Tech.]

Great thread!

I have demod both and interspire is certainly much more elegant. But the reason I haven't pulled the trigger is the integration issue.

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solved here i think???

http://www.interspire.com/forum/show...46&postcount=7