User Points - HikaSerial Consumer plugin

-- HikaSerial version -- : 1.9.0
-- Joomla version -- : 3.3.6
-- PHP version -- : 5.5.19

I have created a product, a User Points - HikaSerial generator, a serial pack and a User Points - HikaSerial Consumer plugin.

When I login to the front end and buy a product, a serial is generated like expected with the specified number of points in the Serial Extra Data of the serial.

When I try to consume the serial using:
http://localhost/joomla/index.php?option=com_hikaserial&ctrl=serial&task=consume&hikaserial[serial_data]=YOUR_SERIAL&hikaserial[serial_extra_data][myUser]=YOUR_USERNAME&hikaserial[format]=json

The status of the serial changed to USED but the number of points on the serial does not change.

What am I doing wrong?

I have attached the plugins and it shows that I have the "points consumer" activated
I also attached the configuration of the consumer

I only tried it with the administrator account for now.
The idea is to consume the serial from an outside application using the webservice:

index.php?option=com_hikaserial&ctrl=serial&task=consume&hikaserial[serial_data]=YOUR_SERIAL_DATA&hikaserial[serial_extra_data][myUser]=YOUR_USER_NAME&hikaserial[format]=json

Hi Jerome,

Thank you for your help.

I traced the php_error_log and I found the following:
[03-Mar-2015 08:42:32 Europe/Berlin] PHP Notice: Undefined property: plgHikaserialPointsgen::$main_currency in C:\xampp\apps\joomla\htdocs\plugins\hikaserial\pointsgen\pointsgen.php on line 186

Code from pointsgen.php:

I tried to trace the code to see why the points are not being added.
In the pointsonsumer.php under the function givePoints, the function exited in the highlighted line below before actually giving the points. So it seems that the user_points is not set. What does that mean? Is it possible that I am missing something in the configuration?

		if($points_mode == 'hks') {
			if(hikaserial::initShop()) {
				$app = JFactory::getApplication();
				$ret = true;

				$userClass = hikaserial::get('shop.class.user');
				$oldUser = $userClass->get($user_id, 'cms');

				if(!isset($oldUser->user_points)) // -- INCRIMINATED LINE
					return false;
				if(empty($oldUser->user_points))
					$oldUser->user_points = 0;

				$user = new stdClass();
				$user->user_id = $oldUser->user_id;
				$user->user_points = (int)$oldUser->user_points + $points;
				if($user->user_points < 0) {
					$app->enqueueMessage(JText::_('CANT_HAVE_NEGATIVE_POINTS'), 'error');
					$points = -$oldUser->user_points;
					$user->user_points = 0;
					$ret = false;
				} else {
					$app->enqueueMessage(JText::sprintf('HIKAPOINTS_EARN_X_POINTS', $points), 'success');
				}
				$userClass->save($user);
				return $ret;
			}
			return false;
		}

Dear Jerome,

Sorry for the late response.

I have tried your suggestion, however, it still does not work.

During the givePoints method (line 117 pointsconsumer.php), the value for :
$oldUser = stdClass and
$oldUser->user_points = null

Such that the function exits immediately after line 117 during condition testing and the user_points are not changed.

Any further suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Best Regards

Hi Again,

Let me put it simply that the "User Points - HikaSerial Consumer plugin" is not working as expected. My expectation is that once the produced serial is used, the Consumer plugin will also change the points on the affected serial and that does not happen.

I also tried the same configuration on the Hikashop Demo site and I was unable to make it to work.

Can you provide a working sample setup of the plugin say in Hikashop demo?

I really appreciate your time and trouble.

Many Thanks.

Hi Jerome,

Thanks for your time. Alas, it still does not work. The "points_value" of the affected serial does not get modified during the "consumption" of that particular serial!

Awaiting a working example please.

Best Regards

In the documentation of "User Points - HikaSerial Generator plugin", it has the following:
Points value - The number of points which will be attached to the serial.

In the documentation of "User Points - HikaSerial Consumer plugin", it has the following:
Points value - You can define a fixed number of points that the user will gain while consuming a serial from the selected pack.

In the pointsconsumer.php file, under the givePoints function, there is the following line:
$user->user_points = (int)$oldUser->user_points + $points;

I already acknowledged the fact that the serial becomes "used" like you also reiterated.

In your last sentence:
The serial just become "used" and the user got the points.

So the expectation is that those points defined in the consumer plugin will be added to the points earned during the serial generation. This is what the documentation and the code lead to.

Where am I wrong?
If I am wrong, then what are the points in the serial used for?

Thanks again.

Dear Jerome,

Thank you for your patience.
I understand from the code that eventually, it is the user who is supposed to receive the points.

How do I configure the user to receive such points?

I need a serial that would allow the user to use the product for a given number of times and then expires.
It seems to me that the points generator/consumer is not meant for that kind of function, am I right?
Is there a different generator/consumer that will do something similar to what I need?

Many Thanks

Hi Jerome,

I think that would be the better solution. I will do as you suggested and update you.

Thank you again for all your help

Hi Jerome,

I wanted to update you that I already built the plugin the way you suggested and it is working nicely. Thanks again for the help.

I have, I hope, one last question: in order to consume the serial, the user has to be logged in. However, if I am consuming the serial from an external application, how can I perform the login?

Thanks