paypal ipn & 'buy now' buttons

Discussion in 'PHP' started by daboss, Feb 18, 2007.

0
  1. #1
    anyone know if a paypal ipn can be set up if a site is only using simple 'donation buttons' or 'buy now buttons' ?

    thanks for your time.
     
    daboss, Feb 18, 2007 IP
  2. picouli

    picouli Peon

    Messages:
    760
    Likes Received:
    89
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #2
    Sure, the "buy now" buttons PayPal gives you are just pre-made buttons, you need to pass the IPN url in the value "notify_url" - and I think you also need to enable this in your account, but I don't exactly remember where...
    HTH, cheers! :)
     
    picouli, Feb 18, 2007 IP
  3. Colbyt

    Colbyt Notable Member

    Messages:
    3,224
    Likes Received:
    185
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    210
    #3
    Not sure about the donation. I think yes. If there is a return url value definately yes.

    For sure with the BIN and cart buttons. You specify the return value to the ipn script on your site. You also have to enable the IPN in your account. You can only have one IPN per account not per email.

    Your script can then perform whatever functions you have coded it to do like email, download, write to DB etc.
     
    Colbyt, Feb 18, 2007 IP
    daboss likes this.
  4. daboss

    daboss Guest

    Messages:
    2,249
    Likes Received:
    151
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #4
    yah - thanks guys... i spent many hours reading 2 pdf documents from paypal last night about ipn. phew - now i'm ready to go... ;)
     
    daboss, Feb 18, 2007 IP