Re: Credit Card transactions

> > Authorize.net seems to be the easiest to integrate right into your > > PHP-based shopping cart, as you can do a simple post to a page on their > > site, or post the data and get a return value that you can then parse with > > PHP to complete the order. I think it's also the cheapest. > > This is true, however, to make a secure connection one typically needs to > use a third party application like cURL. Essentially this is what Signio's > pfpro client does for you. I'm not familiar with cURL and haven't actually set up my authorize.net processing yet, but I have read their Developers Guide and didn't see any mention of third-party software such as cURL, only SSL to do a secure HTTP form POST to their gateway server, which does a secure POST back with accept/reject info on the transaction. What am I missing? -- Glenda R. Snodgrass Before you begin, consider ... The Net Effect http://www.theneteffect.com (334) 433-0196