iDev Affiliate and WP eStore Integration

[amin007]

If you want to integrate iDev Affiliate (iDevDirect – http://www.idevdirect.com) with WP eStore then follow this tweak.

1. Open the “paypal.php” file and search for the following line of code:

$this->debug_log('Updating Affiliate Database Table with Sales Data if Using the WP Affiliate Platform Plugin.',true);

2. Once you find it add the following block of code just above that line:

$profile = "72198";//Specify your profile number

$ip = $customvariables['ip'];

$sale_amount = $this->ipn_data['mc_gross'];

$order_num = $this->ipn_data['txn_id'];

$prepared_url = "http://www.site.com/idevaffiliate/sale.php?profile=".$profile."&idev_saleamt=".$sale_amount."&idev_ordernum=".$order_num."&ip_address=".$ip;

$this->debug_log('Adding iDev commission. Prepared URL = '.$prepared_url,true);



$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $prepared_url);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

You will need to change “72198” with your actual profile number and “www.site.com” with the appropriate URL.

Now, run a test traction and make sure everything is working.

[MikeM]

OK, I think it seems to be working Thanks. Now of course I am going to ask for more

Any way to get the customer name and the product name that they ordered? I know in DLGuard iDev added:

&idev_option_1=%%customername%%&idev_option_3=%%productname%%

So would replacing the %%customername%% and %%productname%% variables with yours send back that information?

Thanks for all this help by the way, I really appreciate it.

MikeM

[amin007]

You can get the customer name like the following:

$customer_name = $this->ipn_data['first_name']." ".$this->ipn_data['last_name'];

Getting the product name is a bit tricky… product name will work fine for one product purchase but what will you do for a cart checkout where there will be multiple products in the shopping cart?

[MikeM]

Would you put the customer name code in the $prepared_url string or in the line above it? Or both?

Thanks.

MikeM

[amin007]

Yeah you will need to add the customer name from the variable to the URL… so the prepared URL will become like the following:

$prepared_url = "http://www.site.com/idevaffiliate/sale.php?profile=72198&idev_saleamt=".$sale_amount."&idev_ordernum=".$order_num."&ip_address=".$ip."&idev_option_1=".$customer_name;

[MikeM]

Cool. I’ll give it a try tonight.

Thanks.

MikeM

[MikeM]

OK, I tried the code and I am not getting the customer name, so just to make sure I have it right, here is exactly what I put in the paypal.php:

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$ip = $customvariables;

$sale_amount = $this->ipn_data;

$order_num = $this->ipn_data;

$customer_name = $this->ipn_data.” “.$this->ipn_data;

$prepared_url = “http://site.com/idevaffiliate/sale.php?profile=72198&idev_saleamt=”.$sale_amount.”&idev_ordernum=”.$order_num.”&ip_address=”.$ip.”&idev_option_1=”.$customer_name;

$this->debug_log(‘Adding iDev commission. Prepared URL = ‘.$prepared_url,true);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $prepared_url);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

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I am getting the transaction id and sale amount, so that works, just not passing the name.

Thanks.

Mike M

[amin007]

The code looks fine to me… please run the transaction with debug enabled then look for the following text in the debug file:

Adding iDev commission. Prepared URL

Let me know what the “Prepared URL” is.. I am pretty sure the customer name is getting appended to the URL but if you have configured iDev to use it properly is a different question.

[MikeM]

Actually, I see it is recording the first name, but not the last. Not sure how I missed that, but I will send a help ticket to iDev with the details and see what they have to say about the last name.

Thanks.

Mike M

[MikeM]

Here is what the iDev support said as to why the last name is not showing up:

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Well this is being chopped.

idev_option_1=Flo Murphy

You’d need this to be sent using standard HTML.

idev_option_1=Flo%20Murphy

%20 would be a space.

Try HTML entities or some other piece of code to conver the data before assigning it to a URL.

__________________________________________

Is that easily doable?

Thanks.

MikeM

[amin007]

Yeah, modify the customer name variable to use the following:

$customer_name = $this->ipn_data['first_name']."%20".$this->ipn_data['last_name'];

[MikeM]

Thanks. That worked.

Mike M

[william]

Hi,

I too bought iDevAffiliate to enable my Affiliates to have 1 admin centre across

my multiple websites. Do I understand correctly that I need to modify the WP eStore php files (mentioned above) on all the domains I am tracking sales/leads for?

(logic says yes). If so, can I modify 1 lot and then copy it across or are php files website specific. I am not much of a programmer so not sure if php files contain certain values that are updated.

Thanks for your help.

William

[amin007]

You can modify one PHP file and copy it accross to all your sites.

[william]

Sorry, I must be missing a step somewhere.

What integration method should I choose on the iDev side? I cannot see WP eStore in the

looong list, choosing Paypal BuyNow & Subscriptions requires a php page, and the

only other option I see is Generic Tracking Pixel; which I saw you addressed in another post as not working.

Thanks for your insights.

Regards,

William

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