PayPal Integration

[Website Rob]

Hello Rob,
Admin
Configuration
E-Mail Options
Select Email Transport
Edit
PHP is top of the list on the lower right side of the screen


Ron

Thanks Ron. Now that the upgrade to v1.3.6 has been done, the PHP method is being used.

msaba
IPN FATAL ERROR::Transaction did not validate

That would indicate to me that PayPal did not accept the payment and you would have to contact PayPal to find out why. Also, you cannot use your PayPal eMail address to purchase something from yourself.

Setup a $3.00 item and have someone purchase it for you. Then Refund them.
That is Standard testing for any new eCommerce setup. You need to see what your Client will see, so you can edit/customize accordingly.

[msaba]

msaba
IPN FATAL ERROR::Transaction did not validate

That would indicate to me that PayPal did not accept the payment and you would have to contact PayPal to find out why. Also, you cannot use your PayPal eMail address to purchase something from yourself.

Setup a $3.00 item and have someone purchase it for you. Then Refund them.
That is Standard testing for any new eCommerce setup. You need to see what your Client will see, so you can edit/customize accordingly.

I have two PayPal accounts so the test is valid. Additionally I have recieved 3 orders from other people (PayPal deposits the funds in my PayPal account) and performed 3 tests of my own, all result in me receiving the funds from the buyer, but zen-cart doesn't record the purchase/invoice so I have no record of the transaction in zen-cart! I have had to email the customers to ask what they ordered...very embarassing...

Normal credit card transactions through my NON-PayPal gateway are processed correctly and an invoice/record of the order is created in zen-cart.

The store has been in operation for over a year and was previously handling paypal transactions without a hitch...that's why I'm scratching my head right now!

[Kim]

The store has been in operation for over a year and was previously handling paypal transactions without a hitch...that's why I'm scratching my head right now!

If PayPal worked before and you didn't make any changes then either A- PayPal is having a hiccup (happens frequently) or B- your host has changed something.

[msaba]

If PayPal worked before and you didn't make any changes then either A- PayPal is having a hiccup (happens frequently) or B- your host has changed something.

From what I have read elsewhere in this forum PayPal is a problem with zen-cart.

Some new facts after I investigated some more...

The PayPal problem surfaces after I upgraded to v1.3.0.2 from v1.2.6 on August 18, 2006, I don't get that many orders that time of year...

Once I realized 1.3.0.2 was the problem (as stated elsewhere on this forum) I upgraded to v1.3.5 which all posts seemed to indicate fixed PayPal issue. Unfortunately it did not. Now given these facts all indicators point to the upgrade breaking something, not PayPal or my host. I found one post about a patch for v1.3.0.2 that fixed this PayPal problem but I couldn't find a reference/link to the patch. I am wondering if that needed to be applied before the upgrade to v1.3.5?

[RKB]

Hi, Sorry for the delay in posting a reply, I have been trying to rebuild my site due to a couple of stupid error on my part.
If you have Paypal and zencart setup properly the of the purchases including Paypal will show up in Admin.
I have 3 paypal accounts so it makes it esy to check all aspects that is, make sure that the paypal process works properyl in ZenCart and then make sure the Paypal side put the money into the correct bank account.

Paypal have a number of pdf files to help with the setup.


Ron

[msaba]

Nothing has changed other then the upgrade of zen-cart.

Though, I would be interested if you could point me to the pdf files you mentioned

[msaba]

I have reviewed all the admin and PayPal settings and verified everything!

When I ran another test transaction I got the following errors in the zen-cart/Paypal debug log

Thu Nov 2006 8:31 -- IPN WARNING::Transaction email address not matched. From IPN = [email protected]: From CONFIG = [email protected]

Thu Nov 2006 8:31 -- IPN FATAL ERROR::Transaction did not validate

What is interesting is the IPN and CONFIG emails match as you can see! I also verified that my PayPal account has the same email as the primary?!? Yes exactly the same, case-sensitive, etc...

Any other ideas???

....HELP!!

[RayDube]

I have reviewed all the admin and PayPal settings and verified everything!



When I ran another test transaction I got the following errors in the zen-cart/Paypal debug log

Thu Nov 2006 8:31 -- IPN WARNING::Transaction email address not matched. From IPN = [email protected]: From CONFIG = [email protected]

Thu Nov 2006 8:31 -- IPN FATAL ERROR::Transaction did not validate

What is interesting is the IPN and CONFIG emails match as you can see! I also verified that my PayPal account has the same email as the primary?!? Yes exactly the same, case-sensitive, etc...

Any other ideas???

....HELP!!

Hello Msaba,

I just found a post from Dr. Byte that talks about the bug in version 1.3.5, which I assume you have.

Apparently, in the file paypal_functions.php (public_html/includes/modules/payment/paypal/) there is an error:

Line 60

if ($postArray['business'] != strtolower(MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_BUSINESS_ID)) {

Should read:

if (strtolower($postArray['business']) != strtolower(MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_BUSINESS_ID)) {

I hope this helps you out, it did me! :)

Dr. Byte also mentioned that this was fixed in 1.3.6.

Ray

[msaba]

First thank you very much for taking the time to help me out.

I made the change to line 60 of modules/payment/paypal/paypal_functions.php

Ran another test transaction and .... Nothing, the process still fails with the same error in the debug log!

Same problem status as before...but at least I have one less bug!

[RKB]

Here you go
https://www.paypal.com/IntegrationCe...mentation.html

Ron