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Posted by timhammo@gmail.com on 07/14/06 09:09
Thanks,
We do have some logging in place which is recording empty post
variables so it does seem that the data is not actually reaching our
server.
thanks
Tim
Norman Peelman wrote:
> Not to ask a stupid question but you are sure that paypal is talking to your
> server via the IPN callback? Insert some logging info in your processing
> script to see what is happening along the way. I know that actually finding
> the place to set this all up on paypal is a nightmare, but that's another
> story... I wrote a very simple logging function that you might want to try:
>
> define('LOGFILE',true); // set to false to turn off logging.
> function logfile($txt)
> {
> if (LOGFILE)
> {
> $txt = date("G:i:s - ").$txt.chr(13); // insert return to end of line
> $lf = 'drive:\\path\\to\\your\\logfile_'.date('D M j - Y').'.lft'; //
> set logfile
> $fp = fopen($lf,'a'); // open in append mode - create if needed
> fwrite($fp,$txt,1024); // write the text
> fclose($fp); // close file
> }
> }
>
> insert somewhere (top) in your process script (set the exstension .lft to
> something that will show the output correctly, I use WORDPAD since i'm on
> windows) or just modify to suit your needs.
>
> and use it to output variables, messages, etc. Like:
>
> logfile('Start of PayPal IPN Process');
> logfile(print_r($_POST)); // show the variable received from paypal
> .
> .
> .
> logfile('Payment VERIFIED');
>
> etc.
>
> or you could post the code with top secret info removed...
>
> Norm
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> <timhammo@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1152785644.226744.187530@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi Mike
> > thanks - I am looking at those forums but the problem does seem to be
> > in the way the PHP script is handling what paypal sends it.
> >
> > If anyone else can help I would appreciate it.
> > thanks
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > You could try..
> > >
> > > http://www.paypaldev.org
> > >
> > > This is a specialist site for all things paypay.
> > >
> > > Or...
> > >
> > > http://paypaltech.com
> > >
> > > I found both these site VERY useful. Much more useful that paypals own
> > > help!
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > timhammo@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > We have a 3rd party php website running on a Linux server. Customers
> > > > subscribe to the site via Paypal but we are unable to receive the
> > > > paypal notification back to our server to process it. Our Linux
> server
> > > > has register_globals set on. The website software provider suggests
> > > > the problem is related to having globals on but we are unable to
> change
> > > > this as we are on a shared hosting platform. Please can anyone
> suggest
> > > > a work around for the paypal notification so our payment process works
> > > > smoothly.
> >
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