Re: php & paypal

Vail, Warren wrote:

Did you think of saving the information (invoice number) in a session or cookie before sending them off to paypal, for use when the user returns? Warren Vail -----Original Message----- From: Mike R [mailto:spycobalt@spyproductions.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 8:51 AM To: Jason Davidson Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] php & paypal That's true....I didn't even think of that. Not a cc number, but, say, an invoice number that the person starts with before they go off to paypal and return from paypal with the same invoice number so that I can then do more things with the user (the invoice number being unique). :) Thanks, -Mike

Might be easier to use session vars to track whatever it is your tracking. Jason On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:11:31 -0400, Mike R <spycobalt@spyproductions.com> wrote:

Does anyone know if it is possible to pass a variable in the URL to the return page when using paypal? Meaning, when someone is done a transaction in paypal and they

return the

merchant's site, can a variable be passed all of the way

through back to the

merchant's site? :) -Mike -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Not in the URL. Read the PayPal docs, they post back a form to the return page. Most of what you're looking for will be there, otherwise there are a few custom fields you can use (for say an invoice number). -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/