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Automatic Currency Value Updater
This script will retrieve the latest exchange rates from the International Monetary Fund ( based on the US Dollar ), and then updates the currency values in your database to match. If you do a lot of international sales, this is a good way to keep those values current.
This script was written because the others available were either too old or pulled data from unreliable sources.
If your webhost allows access to cron, you have the ability to automate the script to run every few days.
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This version includes the contributions by mr absinthe and insomniac2. There was a bug in the reporting code, so I cleaned it all up a little and made mr absinthe's contribution a little leaner and meaner. I also removed the original file so that this package contains only one version that will work with register_globals on or off.
Wow! Thanks for the Currency MOD. Awesome!
Works like a dream now. Not one single error.
In appreciation I have added some code ... maybe not the cleanest ... but it works.
The default is set to email the store owner some details on each update .. so you know whats going on. I'm sure it could use some improvement.
Or you can just disable it in the update_currencies.php .. by setting the reporting to 0 for none.
Thanx again for the fix.
If your host has register_globals off and you cannot call this scipt via cron job because of application_top.php, you need this version. This is full package containing original file + my version for register_gobals off.
All credit goes to Brian, I just wanted this great script to run via cron job.
Support and questions: http://forums.oscommerce.com/index.php?showtopic=194232
I left some debugging code in 0.2 that causes it to crash. This version should work just fine.
I've also included instructions on how to replace OSC's currency updater with this one (since that one hasn't worked for a while).
the suport is there :
http://forums.oscommerce.com/index.php?showtopic=194232
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I found a live XML feed that's much better than the IMF's data, so I made some changes. This version will base the exchange rates off of your default currency instead of being limited to the dollar.
This script will retrieve the latest exchange rates from the International Monetary Fund ( based on the US Dollar ), and then updates the currency values in your database to match. If you do a lot of international sales, this is a good way to keep those values current.
This script was written because the others available were either too old or pulled data from unreliable sources.
If your webhost allows access to cron, you have the ability to automate the script to run every few days.
Note: Contributions are used at own risk.
Automatic Currency Value Updater 0.6
Automatic Currency Value Updater 0.4