Need to remove yellow Express Checkout button!

[Ajeh]

NOTE: you might want to fix that and other issues with Zen Cart v1.3.7.1 and follow the instructions on removing both PayPals ... Install both PayPals ... Remove the one you do not need ... to update your shop ...

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69769

[kbalona]

ummm ... just curious ... why would you install the May 20th patch when there are new patches than that?

my bad, I had just finished reading DrByte's post and he mentioned the May 20th patch...but I installed the latest one, June 17 or something like that.

[kbalona]

NOTE: you might want to fix that and other issues with Zen Cart v1.3.7.1 and follow the instructions on removing both PayPals ... Install both PayPals ... Remove the one you do not need ... to update your shop ...

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69769

I wasn't using the Express module at the time I patched, so that should be OK since I installed it (the module) after I had installed the patch. This is what I did:
1) Downloaded the June 17th patch
2)Installed the patch
3)Removed the IPN module, which I was currently using
4)Installed the IPN module, updated the configuration
5)Went to my PP account, retrieved the PDT string, entered it to the IPN module and enabled PDT

The payment-received-but-no-order-in-admin problem continued though, so I un-installed the IPN module and installed the Express module, which is working fine so far.

[Ajeh]

Could you please remove all PayPal ... then install all PayPal ... then remove what you don't want and configure the one you do want ...

The reason for requesting this ... is ... there are some database updates that affect all modules, and removing all and then re-installing all will apply the fixes. Then removing the unneeded ones leaves your site in a desired state.

[all4coffee]

I have Zen Cart v1.3.7 [2007-06-22 17:54:42]

Using both PayPal options and have nothing against the mandatory PayPal Express button showing up first on the shopping cart page
EXCEPT for customers outside the shipping zone I specified for PayPal payments (which is Canada and the US only)

Example: Customer from France can see the PayPal pmt option (the button) despite my setting that I don't allow customers from outside the US and Canada to pay w/ PayPal. I find it very confusing for those customers.

My restriction works further into the checkout process (PayPal does not appear as a pmt option) but what if they decide to click the PayPal Express button first?

My site:
http://www.time-co.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=

Do I need any of the patches to my ZenCart version?

How would you suggest I resolve this problem?

[Kim]

Have you checked with PayPal about only offering the service to certain geographic areas?

[DrByte]

Check with PayPal. If they have a policy against restricting against certain geographic regions, forget the idea.

If there is no prohibition, then you'll have to write some sort of custom code to determine the customer's location based on their IP address, and then turn off the Express Checkout button based on that information.

Otherwise, there is no built-in way to determine restriction until the customer has created an account and given you an address.

[all4coffee]

Check with PayPal. If they have a policy against restricting against certain geographic regions, forget the idea.

If there is no prohibition, then you'll have to write some sort of custom code to determine the customer's location based on their IP address, and then turn off the Express Checkout button based on that information.

Otherwise, there is no built-in way to determine restriction until the customer has created an account and given you an address.

Even if the customer is already logged in prior to adding items to cart, and his address is known, the zone restriction does not kick in until they proceed with checkout - the PayPal Express button on the Shopping Cart page seems not to be affected by zone restrictions.

If there is not another way for this to work I'm going to edit the paypal button to say: "US and Canada Only" which will meet PayPal requirements and yet make "out of zone" customers not to go there.

Should the button not show up on the Shopping Cart page if logged in customer is out of the zone which accepts PayPal?

[DrByte]

You could try the following edit to the /include/modules/payment/paypal/tpl_ec_button.php file:

After this line,

$paypalec_enabled = (defined('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPALWPP_STATUS') && MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPALWPP_STATUS == 'True');

Insert the following new lines:

if ($paypalec_enabled) {
  // check if logged-in customer's address is in an acceptable zone
  if ((int)MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPALWPP_ZONE > 0 && isset($_SESSION['customer_id']) && (int)$_SESSION['customer_id'] > 0) {
    $custCountryCheck = (isset($order)) ? $order->billing['country']['id'] : $_SESSION['customer_country_id'];
    $custZoneCheck = (isset($order)) ? $order->billing['zone_id'] : $_SESSION['customer_zone_id'];
    $check_flag = false;
    $sql = "SELECT zone_id
            FROM " . TABLE_ZONES_TO_GEO_ZONES . "
            WHERE geo_zone_id = :zoneId
            AND zone_country_id = :countryId
            ORDER BY zone_id";
    $sql = $db->bindVars($sql, ':zoneId', (int)MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPALWPP_ZONE, 'integer');
    $sql = $db->bindVars($sql, ':countryId', $custCountryCheck, 'integer');
    $result = $db->Execute($sql);
    while (!$result->EOF) {
      if ($result->fields['zone_id'] < 1 || $result->fields['zone_id'] == $custZoneCheck) {
        $check_flag = true;
        break;
      }
      $result->MoveNext();
    }
    if (!$check_flag) {
      $paypalec_enabled = false;
    }
  }

  // PayPal module cannot be used for purchase > $10,000 USD
  if ( ($_SESSION['cart']->total * $currencies->get_value('USD')) > 10000) {
    $paypalec_enabled = false;
  }
}

[all4coffee]

Thank you!
Mine was:
$ec_enabled = (defined('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPALWPP_STATUS') && MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPALWPP_STATUS == 'True');

so I changed the $paypalec_enabled in the code you gave me to $ec_enabled

Just making sure it was the right thing to do. Please let me know if it was not.

This did the trick! Very grateful for your help!