Paypal Receipts

[Dominic]

How do I adjust the setting on my paypal account to do the following:

When a customer makes a one off payment via my website - I want the email sent to them to include a unique receipt number and I want the email sent to me that notifies I have recieved a payment to give me that same receipt number.

FYI: This is for software, to register the software they will input that receipt number in our registration form which will then to unlock the software.

[expat]

How do I adjust the setting on my paypal account to do the following:

When a customer makes a one off payment via my website - I want the email sent to them to include a unique receipt number and I want the email sent to me that notifies I have recieved a payment to give me that same receipt number.

FYI: This is for software, to register the software they will input that receipt number in our registration form which will then to unlock the software.

Hi,
if you use single item pyrchase there is a field on0 which is shown and passed in and out max 64 characters.

See also single item documentation PayPal

Cheers
Expat

[Dominic]

Do you mean the item description... that would not be unique to the sale if so.

BTW I don't know how to code in php.

[expat]

no php req just read the paypal set up description the field on0 is described as a field where you can pass info to pp and its played back.


to get you started you can use that field in a form (input hidden)
PP returns to a pagfe you define in pp.
This is the same a sa normal form action whatever you do next the fielf on0 is available to you.

Search for tutorials on form processing and than php.

Pretty shure you'll find some help in the php forum...


Expat