RE: [PHP] Credit card number checker?

An authorization does not necessitate a sale, it is a verification of available funds. Jerry Lake Interface Engineering Technician Europa Communications - http://www.europa.com Pacifier Online - http://www.pacifier.com -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Ostmo [mailto:tech@appideas.com] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:49 PM To: John Donagher Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Credit card number checker? John Donagher pressed the little lettered thingies in this order... > My suggestion is to run an authorization for an extremely small amount of > money ($1.00 is fairly standard) and that will tell you if the account is > valid or not. Doing validation yourself implies a fully-publicly-understood Maybe I am the only one, but I would NEVER do business with ANY company that charged my credit card just to see if it was valid. At any rate, the initial request was to see if their was a way by which you could tell whether the number is valid BEFORE it is sent to the bank for processing. Since this solution requires sending the card to the bank for processing to see if the number is valid, it would defeat the purpose. Christopher Ostmo a.k.a. tech@AppIdeas.com AppIdeas.com Innovative Application Ideas Meeting cutting edge dynamic web site needs since the dawn of Internet time (1995) For a good time, http://www.AppIdeas.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net