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    Default Item list and shipping amount

    I've just installed the new PayPal Express Checkout module on my test site and am happy to see the item names and shipping amount being passed to PayPal.

    Can this be done for other modules? Is there a variable for these items that I can insert in the regular PayPal IPN and the MoneyBookers modules?

    I've avoided using PP Express Checkout on my live site because I'm afraid the process is confusing - go to PayPal first and finish the checkout on my site. So for now I'm sticking with PayPal IPN.

    I've just converted my site over to Zen. I was using another shopping cart with PayPal IPN, so I will wait a bit before introducing PP Express to my existing customers.

    But in the meantime, I'd like to be able to pass details about purchases and shipping to PayPal and Moneybookers - something I could do quite easily with my other shopping cart.

    BTW - Zen Cart is great! I love the almost total freedom for customization.

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    Default Re: Item list and shipping amount

    Did you add the current PayPal Patch:
    http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56216

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    Default Re: Item list and shipping amount

    Ajeh - thanks for the quick reply.

    Yes, I've got the latest patch and uninstalled and re-installed PayPal IPN, but the PayPal shopping cart still shows as Item #1 and the shipping costs are totaled with the product cost.

    The PayPal Express Checkout works great - there's an itemized list of purchases, and the shipping costs are shown separately.

    So I'm wondering what the variables for shipping and cart contents are - I've looked through the source files of the new patch but don't see anything obvious that stands out.

    The includes/languages/english/modules/payment/paypal.php file has this line: define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_PURCHASE_DECRIPTION_TITLE', STORE_NAME . ' Purchase');

    ...which I would like to replace with specific items, if possible.

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    Default Re: Item list and shipping amount

    The IPN module is intentionally not designed to provide line-item details for a myriad of reasons.
    It simply sends an aggregate cart purchase to PayPal.
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    Default Re: Item list and shipping amount

    OK - how about for Moneybookers? They accept variables in the form of detail_txt and detail_amount, so doesn't ZC have a particular set of variables for shipping, total, and contents which I can pass to Moneybookers?
    Last edited by paul3648; 22 Mar 2007 at 12:13 PM. Reason: mistake

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    Default Re: Item list and shipping amount

    Yes - you'll have to write custom code to extract the needed information from the $order and $order_totals class objects.
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