You can customize how some of the internal functions of the eBay Library used by the plug-in work.

 

PHP files in the cron/ebayinludes/overrides folder are included when the plug-in or cron job executes. This allows you to declare methods which will be run to customize some of the things the plug-in and cron job script do.

 

There is a file called customize.php-doc in the folder. It contains a list and description of the functions that can be defined to customize the library.

 

You can rename customize.php-doc to customize.php-doc then remove the "X" from the start of the name of the function you wish to implement. Or you can create a new .php file in the folder for the function.

 

As an example of customizing the eBay library ...

 

Suppose you want to add a note to the bottom of the descriptions of most products that are added to eBay. Here is an example of an ebayFixDescription function you might implement

 

/**
 *
 * ebayFixDescription - fix the description for a product to be listed on eBay
 *
 * @param product the product
 * @param $description the current description (same as $request->item['products_description'])
 *
 * return the updated description
 */
function ebayFixDescription($product, $description)
 {
  $text = $description;
  if (strpos($text, "<!--#NoNote-->") === false)
   {
    $text .= "<p>Please note that manufacturers sometimes update their products and packaging. If receiving a specific version of a product is important to you, please contact us before ordering.</p>";
   }
 
  return $description;
 }

 

This function will add the note to the description of products added to eBay unless you have included the text "<!--#NoNote-->" in the description.

 

The $product parameter passed to the method is an array of the product's properties including: