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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 03/01/07 12:28
Paul Furman wrote:
> I'm setting up credit card payment through authorize.net and they have
> the option to send a POST string back to my site once complete. I'm not
> sure how to proceed. They don't have much to read about this, their tech
> support seemed to think I've got the general idea though & said I might
> have have my hosting server set up permissions to recieve POST data that
> way.
>
> Let me paste their explanation:
> -----------
> Gateway Response API
> This section describes the response returned by the gateway when a
> transaction is submitted for processing. The gateway response to a
> transaction submitted via SIM is either a Receipt Page that is displayed
> to the consumer or a POST string to a site designated by the merchant.
> The merchant can then parse the POST string, customize a response, and
> submit it back to the gateway. The gateway will then relay the response
> to the customer’s browser.
>
> x_response_code
> Indicates the result of the transaction:
> 1 = Approved
> 2 = Declined
> 3 = Error
>
> x_trans_id
> This number identifies the transaction in the system and can be used to
> submit a modification of this transaction at a later time, such as
> voiding, crediting or capturing the transaction.
>
> x_invoice_num
> This is the merchant's supplied invoice number
>
> etc...
> --------
>
> So best I figure I'm going to get a redirect to my server And I'm
> guessing I'd use something like this:
>
> if (isset($_REQUEST['x_response_code'])) {
> //then finalize the order, subtract from inventory
> // and generate a reciept
>
> And I'm not so comfortable with the idea of setting up a page on my site
> that lets any external server send POST data & retrieve customer's order
> details. I think I'm not understanding all this. I do need to know if
> their credit card was accepted to continue processing the order on my
> end though. I don't want to update the inventory & they end up getting
> their card rejected or give up.
Paul
It's just a page they POST the information to, just like a browser.
Set up the page you want them to access. The data they send will be in
the $_POST array.
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