Need help with paypal

[megamoola]

Hello,

I am trying to get users to purchase membership packages through paypal. My problem is that I don't know how to make it automatic, so that they receive the package the instant they pay for it, not the next day when I check for incomming transactions. Can anybody help me with this problem?

[codestryke]

http://www.web-bureau.com/modules/free-php-paypal-ipn-script.php

[Barrikor]

If you are using PayPal's Website Payments Pro ($30 a month) instead of PayPal's Website Payments Standard, then you can use their PHP NVP SDK and testing sandbox to get yourself set up. If you are just going to use a modified version of the SDK then you could write your "membership package" script on a new file and include() it inside DoDirectPaymentReceipt.php and DoExpressCheckoutPayment.php after the successful transaction happens.


You can download the sdk here: https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/library_download_sdks


BTW: Make sure to add "exit;" to DoDirectPaymentReceipt.php after line 73; if you don't, the "successful transaction" code on the server will run even if the transaction fails, but it still redirects to APIError.php showing the failed transaction *after that*... most devs don't realize there's a problem at first... (I told PayPal but they still hadn't fixed it last time I looked)