Paypal Express Checkout "Delivery Name"

Hi,
just trying out zencart and came accross an issue with paypal express, when using paypal express and if i select a different shipping name and address in paypal it brings back the shipping address ok but it uses the billing name, had a look on this forum but so far cant find a fix

thanks for any help
Bryan

Zen Cart just uses the name supplied by PayPal.

thanks for you reply
paypal do supply the SHIPTONAME field and in creloaded i was able to find where it needed changed but cant find it in zencart

any idea which files it uses during express checkout so i can try to find it

thanks
Bryan

That's exactly my point. Zen Cart uses SHIPTONAME supplied by PayPal.

thanks, seems strange in cre it brings over the delivery name

thanks
Bryan

I'm guessing you're selecting merely a different name at the same physical address?

no in zencart if i select a different shipping name and address in paypal it only brings over the shipping address and not the shipping name, it defaults to the payer name, if i select the same shipping name and address when trying out oscommerce or creloaded that i use it brings over the shipping name and address, i did have to alter the cre version to do this but was hoping to try the same in zencart

i think it makes sense for the delivery to have the delivery name and not the payer name

thanks
bryan

I've checked in v1.3.9, and if the address is different, it creates the new address book entry with the delivery name, and uses that. However, if the street/city/state/zip details are the same, then the existing address book entry is used regardless of the person's name.

If you want to hack it to include the name in the check, feel free.

thanks for your very quick response, i will give 1.3.9 a try. i must say i am very impressed with zencart

thanks a lot doc
Bryan

just tried 1.3.9 and getting the same

http://www.catchagrip.co.uk/zen139

any body point me which file to look at

thanks
Bryan

If you want to hack it to include the name in the check, feel free.

Help please. I to would like to use the SHIPTONAME the customer supplied.

My tests in 1.3.9 show that it does, as long as the address selected doesn't already exist in Zen Cart.

What is the disadvantage of bring over the SHIPTONAME from the PayPal data string, all the time?

Cluttered duplicate addresses needlessly, esp if the customer's "Name" in ZC is "Brad Smith" and in PayPal they've got it as "Bradley Smith", or more complicated situations involving initials or accents etc.

i just ended up bringing over the shiptoname into the business name,
works fine for me so far

it shows both buyer name and ship to name

bryan

bn17311:

i just ended up bringing over the shiptoname into the business name,
works fine for me so far

it shows both buyer name and ship to name

bryan

I would like to see how you did it.
Would you share your code?

Dennis

hi,
at line 1933 on my includes/modules/paypalwpp.php file i added

'entry_company' => $paypal_ec_payer_info['ship_name'],

so it now looks like this

$sql_data_array = array(
        'customers_id'              => $customer_id,
        'entry_gender'              => $paypal_ec_payer_info['payer_gender'],
	'entry_company'              => $paypal_ec_payer_info['ship_name'],

        

i also formatted the postcode for anyone using postcode based shipping in the uk if anyone needs it.

im no expert but the above works for me

thanks
bryan