Re: Verify Paypal transaction for _any_ account?

From	Bill B <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: Verify Paypal transaction for _any_ account?
Date	2011-05-05 09:59 -0400
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On 5/5/2011 8:40 AM, Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> On Thu, 5 May 2011 09:25:12 +0200, Gernot Frisch wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd like to make a "shop", where others can submit their games and _their_
>> paypal address. Now if you pay game "X" for paypal account "Y" - is there a
>> way to get the transaction status, so _my_ store can provide the download
>> link?
>>
>> Like: An app store with direct purchase.
>
> Yes. Please see the developer docs on Paypal, and the support forums on
> Paypal. Paypal has all of that. Here doesn't.

Specifically, see the documentation for the IPN Listener script. Such a 
script listens for information from PayPal, then executes whatever code 
you add to it. In the code you add you can, for example, direct them to 
a page with the download link.

Look for $txn_type = 'subscr_payment' and $payment_status='completed' as 
a place to add your code in the listener script. There are a wide number 
of $payment_status values so look through it carefully for the 
scenario(s) that fit(s) your circumstances.

Bill B

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Verify Paypal transaction for _any_ account? "Gernot Frisch" <me@privacy.net> - 2011-05-05 09:25 +0200
  Re: Verify Paypal transaction for _any_ account? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-05 06:43 -0400
  Re: Verify Paypal transaction for _any_ account? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-05-05 07:40 -0500
    Re: Verify Paypal transaction for _any_ account? Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-05-05 09:59 -0400

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