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Message: not be able to install extensions ... PHP ... not support ZIP archives
October 12, 2012, 02:59:37 pm
Hi,

I'm running CiviCRM v4.2 on WordPress 3.4 on a shared host.

I've written an extension (which allows you to import bank statements, teach it the mapping between transaction descriptions and contact ids and the create appropriate contributions--when it's working robustly, I'll share it).

However, whenever I look at some (but not all) pages, I get a warning saying:

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You will not be able to install extensions at this time because your installation of PHP does not support ZIP archives. Please ask your system administrator to install the standard PHP-ZIP extension.

Unfortunately my ISP won't install the PHP-ZIP extension on a shared host, and anyway I don't really need it. I can manage without being able to install extensions.

The problem is that I get the message on publicly accessible event pages, in fact I get it repeated 5 times at the top of the event page I was hoping to publish today.

It's an important message, but I don't think it should be visible on public pages--in fact it only needs to be visible on the Manage Extensions page.

How can I get rid of it without hacking CRM/Core/Extensions.php?

Thanks in advance
Denis

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Re: Message: not be able to install extensions ... PHP ... not support ZIP archives
October 12, 2012, 04:50:47 pm
We could make the message more conditional. In particular, how about adding these two tests:

1. Only display if the user has permission to "administer CiviCRM"
2. Only display if automatic downloading is enabled (which is the default) -- if the administrator has opted out of automatic downloading, then there is no need for ZIP support.

(*) There's a hidden option to disable automatic downloading: http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-10575?focusedCommentId=43792&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-43792

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Re: Message: not be able to install extensions ... PHP ... not support ZIP archives
October 12, 2012, 04:52:11 pm
I've made a ticket for this -- http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-11048 -- and will address this weekend.

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Re: Message: not be able to install extensions ... PHP ... not support ZIP archives
October 13, 2012, 10:38:39 am
A patch for CRM_Core_Extensions has been written and should be included in 4.2.3.

You mentioned hacking CRM/Core/Extension.php -- if you're anxious and feel comfortable working with code, then try the pre-release patch from SVN (r42899) or from the attached file.

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Re: Message: not be able to install extensions ... PHP ... not support ZIP archives
October 14, 2012, 09:13:52 am
Hi totten,

Thanks for the patch. I've just tested it and then applied it to the live site and it works well.

Thanks for doing for me. I really appreciate it.

Best wishes
Denis
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