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Re: How does Ecommerce work?

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On 04/01/2016 09:25 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 4/1/2016 2:33 PM, bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 2:02:47 AM UTC+5:30, Gordon Burditt wrote:
>>
>>> If you just want to see what it's like, without really using the
>>> code on real credit card numbers, go to:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/thephpleague/omnipay
>>>
>>> scroll down the page, and there's a short example code in PHP, along
>>> with a very long list of payment processors supported.  Also on the
>>> same (very long) page, there's an explanation of how it works.  The
>>> code is open source.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Aah bro - that helped, greatly! :) However, my PHP knowledge is not at the point where I can decode all of it, but don't worry, I shall sit down with my book and figure it out.
>>
>> Let me rephrase my question - can anyone explain to me what's happening _at HTTP level_ from the moment the user clicks "Checkout",  till the time he or she gets the "Order Successfully Placed" message? *This* is what I really want to know - after that, coding it in PHP, with or without a library should be easy, or at least easiER than NOT knowing it..... :)
>> Can anyone help?
>>
> 
> It depends on what you're doing as well as the payment processor you're
> using.  Every one is different.

Not all uses http(s) for communication and others have a mix of things,
so yes, it's really different how things works for a PSP and I know some
that has more than one API to use, which can complicate things even more.


> And no, even knowing it does NOT make it easy to code, even with a library.

Some PSP's do supply an example code how to use their service in
different languages, those can help, but still as you said earlier,
better get a professional to do it when you don't know how.

-- 

 //Aho

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How does Ecommerce work? bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-03-28 05:21 -0700
  Re: How does Ecommerce work? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-03-28 15:39 +0200
  Re: How does Ecommerce work? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-03-28 15:31 -0400
    Re: How does Ecommerce work? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-03-29 18:15 +0200
      Re: How does Ecommerce work? Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-29 09:34 -0700
        Re: How does Ecommerce work? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-03-29 12:50 -0400
  Re: How does Ecommerce work? gordonb.yjw6m@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-03-28 19:47 -0500
    Re: How does Ecommerce work? bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-03-29 11:38 -0700
      Re: How does Ecommerce work? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-03-29 15:50 -0400
      Re: How does Ecommerce work? gordonb.842wr@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-03-29 15:32 -0500
        Re: How does Ecommerce work? bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-04-01 11:33 -0700
          Re: How does Ecommerce work? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-04-01 15:25 -0400
            Re: How does Ecommerce work? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-04-01 22:19 +0200
      Re: How does Ecommerce work? Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2016-03-30 08:48 -0700
        Re: How does Ecommerce work? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-31 03:34 +0200
          Re: How does Ecommerce work? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-03-30 22:37 -0400
          Re: How does Ecommerce work? Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2016-03-30 21:28 -0700
            Re: How does Ecommerce work? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-31 15:33 +0200

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