PayPal IPN??

[centenial]

Hi,

Is there a way to pass 'additional' information to PayPal? (for example, a 'username' or 'password' that the customer filled out before clicking the 'add to cart' button?)

I've heard of something called PayPal IPN.... would that do it?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Jacquih]

Hey!
Sure, but you really wouldn't need to pass on username or password, although you can can, along with lots of other stuff.

You can start with these links:
<a href="http://www.pdncommunity.com/pdn/board/message?board.id=basicpayments&message.id=368">http://www.pdncommunity.com/pdn/board/message?board.id=basicpayments&message.id=368</a>

<a href="http://www.theukwebdesigncompany.com/articles/article.php?article=124">http://www.theukwebdesigncompany.com/articles/article.php?article=124</a>

<a href="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/PP_SDK_PHP_Guide.pdf">https://www.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/PP_SDK_PHP_Guide.pdf</a>

<a href="http://www.web-bureau.com/modules/free-php-paypal-ipn-script.php">http://www.web-bureau.com/modules/free-php-paypal-ipn-script.php</a>

Also, the shopping cart at <a href="http://www.phpwebcommerce.com/">PHP Web Commerce</a> is based on PP's IPN. You really can't use this cart as it is though. There are a few bugs in it, but it's mostly fine-tuned and it's great if you like to have a hands-on example to learn from.

Good luck!

[tech_support]

Just a note that HTML is disabled in this forum. (I noticed that you were using HTML)

[codeexploiter]

checkout the following link. It has all the details with code samples in most of the server-side technologies.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...-intro-outside

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