Re: Randomly missing a function

Try returning a value from CreateUser and checking it before sending the E-Mail. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Miles Thompson wrote: > An online signup script is randomly missing part of the task. These scripts > are involved: > sub_signup.php > include/cc_proc.php - does the CC (credit card) processing > include/user_maint.php - inserts the new subscriber into the database > > When the CC processing finishes, with the success flag, user_maint.php is > included, and a few lines later the createUser($params) function therein is > called to create the user. Every mysql_ function in user_maint.php is > backstopped with a die() if it fails. But sometimes it appears that the call > to this script, or the createUser() function just isn't made. > > What seems to happen, randomly, is that the script "charges on" so to speak, > sending an advisory email to the office manager that there is a new > subscriber, and calling sub_signup_thanks.php, which displays a completion > message, etc. > > In all of these cases the credit card processing has succeeded. Sometimes > people have tried to sign up two or three times, the card processes, but no > addition is made to the database. It's driving us nuts! Any thoughts? > > Regards - Miles > > Infrastructure: Apache 2.2, PHP 5.x, MySQL 5 > > Code: > switch ($ret) { > case CC_SUCCESS: > require 'include/user_maint.php'; > $cctype = cc_getCardType($cc); > if ($cctype == 'Visa') $cctype = 'VISA'; > elseif ($cctype == 'MasterCard') $cctype = 'M-C'; > //Shouldn't happen in case CC_SUCCESS, but better safe than sorry > else die('We don\'t support this credit card'); > > $params = array( > 'firstname' => $first, > // various fields > 'postal_code' => $postal_code, > 'pay_method' => $cctype > ); > // createUser is a function in user_maint > createUser($params); > // sendEmail is func in user_maint, advises office manager > sendEmail('New subscriber!!!', "Already paid $amount by credit > card", $fields); > require 'sub_signup_thanks.php'; //Grabs authCode from $result > return; > > } //other situations dealt with, and properly closed > >