module hikashop content module missing content after update

-- url of the page with the problem -- : finkeez.ch/
-- HikaShop version -- : 4.2.2
-- Joomla version -- : 3.9.13
-- PHP version -- : 7.1.1
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : all
-- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : no error

After update from hikashop business 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 hikashop content module does not show content anymore.

Same installation on german site is still running on 4.2.1 and hikashop content module shows content.

Please help.

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finkeez wrote: After update from hikashop business 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 hikashop content module does not show content anymore.

Same installation on german site is still running on 4.2.1 and hikashop content module shows content.

I think you may have stumbled on a bug in 4.2.2, based on a similar issue I have encountered after upgrading to 4.2.2. Eventually I determined that the problem is in the file at /components/com_hikashop/views/product/view.html.php.

Something changed in view.html.php that has changed the behavior in the individual mod_hikashop module instances. It appears that the settings for Main Category, Synchronize, and Relation are being ignored and the module is drawing its product list from some other source.

When mod_hikashop finds no products to display, the entire module is hidden. My guess is that in your case the incorrect query triggered in view.html.php is finding no products, and therefore the module output is completely hidden. In my case, my modules show incorrect products -- but I can replicate your results, too.

Please try replacing just view.html.php in your 4.2.2 installation with the version from the 4.2.1 installation to see if your module appears as expected. If so, that will confirm the bug is somewhere in that file.

Please let us know if that works for you so that the dev team can fix it for the rest of us. Thanks!