[Solved]error trying to import a language pack

[ezakimak]

Hi , I have this error
"
1 error
1. archive cannot be extracted
"

when trying to import a language pack I downloaded from the prestashop site

I dont know what could be the problem , is there something that i have to configure before importing a language pack ?

thanks

[Guest]

step 1 : Back Office >> Tools >> Languages Add New

step 2 : Back Office >> Tools >> Translations >> Translation exchange > import

[ezakimak]

I had done that , it complains that it cannot extract the gzipped file, I dont know what could be the problem , I turned php show errors on but it shows nothing

any other tip

thanks

[rocky]

Either the language gzip file is corrupted, or your server doesn't have gzip decompression enabled.

[ezakimak]

hi, thanks for the reply

I tried this:

1- went to my BO , exported a language pack, it gave me a nn.gzip file
2- tried to import tha file and it gave the same error

I checked privilegies of the directory translations either in the root dir and the themes dir Languages in the server and both are set to 777
is there any other possible reason for this error

thanks in advance

[rocky]

You should check that GZIP compression is enabled on your server. When you installed PrestaShop, was "GZIP compression is on (recommended)" ticked? It may be possible to enable it using a php.ini file, or you may need to contact your host to enable it on your server.

[ezakimak]

phpinfo'ing my server I got this settings
[Apache Environment]
-HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING gzip,deflate
[HTTP Headers Information]
-Accept-Encoding gzip,deflate

_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING"]    gzip,deflate

from this info can I say that GZIP is available.
by the way,  I am using gzip normally from the command line on my server , I just dont know if there is something else to configure to make it available for php or apache

thanks again

[rocky]

I think that allows you to compress your website before sending it to a client. Actually decompressing a GZIP file on the server may be different. There's not much more I can say. I suggest that you ask your host.

[ezakimak]

thanks for your reply, we asked our host, they say gzip is enabled
I would like to ask how to show the error that $gz->extract() is returning , in that way I could send it to our host and see what they can do.
The AdminTranslations class implements this method

   public function submitImportLang()
   {
       global $currentIndex;

       if (!isset($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']) OR !$_FILES['file']['tmp_name'])
           $this->_errors[] = Tools::displayError('no file selected');
       else
       {
           $gz = new Archive_Tar($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], true);
           if ($gz->extract(_PS_TRANSLATIONS_DIR_.'../', false))
               Tools::redirectAdmin($currentIndex.'&conf=15&token;='.$this->token);
           $this->_errors[] = Tools::displayError('archive cannot be extracted');
       }
   }

so in the page I can only see the "archive cannot be extracted" error message
what code can I add to this method to show more detailed information about this error

thanks again

[rocky]

The error message are generated in classes/Archive_Tar.php, but strangely, they aren't displayed. Instead, it says "To be completed". Here's the code on lines 565-579:

// [spam-filter]{ _error()
function _error($p_message)
{
   // ----- To be completed
   $this->raiseError($p_message);
}
// [spam-filter]}

// [spam-filter]{ _warning()
function _warning($p_message)
{
   // ----- To be completed
   $this->raiseError($p_message);
}
// [spam-filter]}

You could try changing this to:

// [spam-filter]{ _error()
function _error($p_message)
{
   echo 'Error: ' . $p_message . '
';
   // ----- To be completed
   $this->raiseError($p_message);
}
// [spam-filter]}

// [spam-filter]{ _warning()
function _warning($p_message)
{
   echo 'Warning: ' . $p_message . '
';
   // ----- To be completed
   $this->raiseError($p_message);
}
// [spam-filter]}

This should display the error messages, unless the page is reloading after they are displayed.

[ezakimak]

thanks for the reply !, adding those lines showed the actual errors, since I added a few modules to our store they werent given 777 permision so the translation couldnt complete , now PS imported them with success.

thanks !!