authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

11 Feb 2015, 8:27 PM

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authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

When authorize.net rejects a credit card, the "Card Declined" response is an unformatted jumble of information. How do I handle the "Card Declined" response in an organized manner?

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11 Feb 2015, 9:00 PM

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Re: authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

I'm not sure I understand.
Can you post an example?

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12 Feb 2015, 4:11 PM

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Re: authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

This is the screenshot.

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12 Feb 2015, 4:14 PM

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Re: authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

themanorhouselibrary:

This is the screenshot.

And this doesn't really help us understand the problem you are trying to solve.. Screenshot seems a bit unrelated to the original post.. can you tie this all together here..

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12 Feb 2015, 5:18 PM

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Re: authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

Would also recommend answering all the questions asked in the "Posting Tips". You can find the posting tips by scrolling up when typing a response (if on a phone click "Full Site" before replying). Answers to those questions will help people better understand your store configuration (needed for people to be able to help).

What are the settings for the Payment Module? Did you read (and follow): How to set up the authorizenet sim payment module?

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12 Feb 2015, 7:49 PM

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Re: authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

I'm guessing the "complaint" about "jumbled mess" stems from the CSS styling being unavailable ... and that suggests that hard-coded http: paths exist to those assets, making them not load properly on https: pages. And nothing to do with Authorize.net

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12 Feb 2015, 8:14 PM

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Re: authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

DrByte:

I'm guessing the "complaint" about "jumbled mess" stems from the CSS styling being unavailable ... and that suggests that hard-coded http: paths exist to those assets, making them not load properly on https: pages. And nothing to do with Authorize.net
That was my guess too... But was kinda strange seeing ```
"https://secure.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll"


I'll leave this one to the experts :-)

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12 Feb 2015, 8:22 PM

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Re: authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

lhungil:

That was my guess too... But was kinda strange seeing ```
"https://secure.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll"

Ya, Authnet SIM does that on returning the customer to the store.

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6 Dec 2015, 4:44 AM

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Re: authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

themanorhouselibrary:

When authorize.net rejects a credit card, the "Card Declined" response is an unformatted jumble of information. How do I handle the "Card Declined" response in an organized manner?

I'm having the EXACT same problem! How did you resolve this?????

... I'm using Authorize.net (SIM) When my customer's card is approved it redirects them to the checkout_success.php and everything is smooth. However, if the card is declined it redirects to: https://secure.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dllwhich is a garbled page with the "declined message" buried in the madness. I get dozens of calls asking if the transaction went thru. How can I fix this to have a professional response like the checkout success page when the card has been declined???

Thanks for your help!!!

30 Dec 2015, 10:20 PM

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Re: authorize.net "Card Declined" response is unformatted

Despite being able to trigger a Decline, I can't trigger the broken stylesheet problem ... on v154 and v155 anyway.

You mentioned "checkout_success.php" instead of the normal "index.php?main_page=checkout_success". Are you using URL-rewriting of some sort?
Which Zen Cart version are you using?

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