[thelist] PayPal with Local Database

[Andrew Maynes]

excellent cheers Rich

Andrew

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[mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Rich Gray
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 05:31
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Subject: RE: [thelist] PayPal with Local Database


I am currently integrating PayPal into a subscription based site using PHP.
The client used PayPal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) feature for the
site so that validated payments are notified via a http POST directly to my
PHP handler script which then takes the necessary actions in the subscriber
database. You also need to tell PayPal which PHP script to call if the user
cancels out or confirms his payment as well as some other stuff. The
principle for shopping cart sites is very similar but a little less complex
in operation.

If you dig around the developer area there are some PDFs on the PayPal site
which give more info - - IMO the biggest problem with the PayPal integration
was the lack of a test server to test my scripts i.e. to test your scripts
you need to get your credit card out and make some real payments :( As a
result, I had to set up some emulation scripts to mimic PayPal which is not
exactly ideal.

There are some other useful PayPal developer resources out there and when I
eventually get back to my laptop I'll try and post some of the urls...

HTH
Cheers
Rich
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[mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Andrew Maynes
Sent: 15 August 2002 16:58
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Subject: RE: [thelist] PayPal with Local Database


This is a really good question because I was trying to integrate PayPal into
a
php cart and am getting no where fast, the only reason is that PayPal simply
takes a payment for a product or service and doesn't come back into your
site
and yes please continue!  Maybe I am wrong but I have even contacted paypal
and
they just refer you to a developers area which, to be frank, has nothing on
it
other that products!

watching this one with interest ;)

Andrew

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[mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of David Bindel
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 04:47
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Subject: [thelist] PayPal with Local Database



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I am making a website in which users who wish to sell a product online must
pay a $15 registration fee, and $5 for each item they sell after that.  I
have never used PayPal before, and I am wondering how I could integrate
PayPal with my user database to store the number of listing "credits" that
each user has purchased automatically.

TIA,
David Bindel
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