Using Paypal express checkout issue...

[DrByte]

Not so fast..Client in Canada places small test order, and gets this at the top of the zencart page as per her email to me:

I just tried to place an order with you, paying vai Paypal. My addresses have not changed, billing OR## ship to. Here is what I get:
A long RED bar along the top of your site, there is a yeloow triangle with an "!" inside and it says : the address you selected at paypal is not a confirmed address. Please return to paypal and select or add a confirmed address and try again.

So I go check out her customer info and see that her main address is more than likely the same as her "confirmed" shipping address with paypal, but the place she is shipping it to is not the same address, it's her place of business..ok...

So I call paypal and tell them the issue and is there a workaround to allow my clients to use an alternate shipping address in Express Checkout like it works in the old IPN checkout..
The tech explains that NO, it doesn't work that way and that the client indeed has to have the main confirmed shipping address chosen in zencart in order to process the order.

This is not good for me as some of my customers do not always have their purchases sent to their homes, sometimes the send gifts to friends, sometimes they send items to their work, etc.

Is there no workaround for this? or am I going to have to stay with the old paypal IPN?

wondergirl,
If you're willing to try Express Checkout again, I'd like to suggest you make a slight coding change to see if this particular problem goes away properly:
- edit /includes/modules/payment/paypalwpp.php
- around line 1633 (of v1.3.9h version) you'll see code that looks like the following.
- simply add the two "//" at the beginning of the line, as shown in red here:

    if (MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPALWPP_CONFIRMED_ADDRESS == 'Yes' && strtoupper($response['ADDRESSSTATUS']) != 'CONFIRMED') {
//      $this->terminateEC(MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPALWPP_TEXT_CONFIRMEDADDR_ERROR, true, FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING);
    }

[wondergirl]

wondergirl,
If you're willing to try Express Checkout again, I'd like to suggest you make a slight coding change to see if this particular problem goes away properly:
- edit /includes/modules/payment/paypalwpp.php
- around line 1633 (of v1.3.9h version) you'll see code that looks like the following.
- simply add the two "//" at the beginning of the line, as shown in red here:

    if (MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPALWPP_CONFIRMED_ADDRESS == 'Yes' && strtoupper($response['ADDRESSSTATUS']) != 'CONFIRMED') {
//      $this->terminateEC(MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPALWPP_TEXT_CONFIRMEDADDR_ERROR, true, FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING);
    }

I am going to try to implement this tomorrow, and will try to get someone to test this with the new code change. Ty DrByte. Will keep you informed

[wondergirl]

Dr. Byte: I tried to insert the code in the proper place as you suggest but somehow the format you used in a quote box messes up in the php file. I am afraid to try it when it looks like it breaks the formatting.

I should add that I was using "wordpad" to edit, and that might be why, but Windows 7 doesn't have notepad that I can see.

[DrByte]

You don't need to copy and paste any code. Just add the // to the beginning of the line as shown.

[wondergirl]

ok, i've inserted the code. Keep your fingers crossed.

[DrByte]

I gather this has resolved your problem?

[wondergirl]

no idea yet...haven't had a sale since putting in the code. Hope it isn't an issue with the code. doubt it tho..times have been slow

[misty]

but Windows 7 doesn't have notepad that I can see.

Click start, then All programs, then accessories folder...
You will find notepad there.