Posted by Rob on 01/24/08 09:14

On Jan 23, 6:49 pm, Dave <dave_m_mo...@post2me.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm after some advice. Basically, I maintain a website that uses a lot
> of php with a MySQL database. I'd like to add the ability of visitors
> to pay for a service online using a credit card. What is the best way
> of doing this?.
>
> I've looked at Paypal mechanisms but unless I am mistaken, it's
> difficult to integrate this in a way that looks like it's part of my
> website. Obviously, I don't want to write code that's dealing with
> credit card numbers directly - what I need is some form of 3rd party
> service that I can use to handle the 'money bit' which is neatly
> integrated into moy site.
>
> Can someone give me any pointers?. Any ideas?.
>
> Ta,
> Dave

Dave - integrating PHP with PayPal at a basic level is very easy, and
just requires at set of URL's to be maintained.

If memory serves me right, when I did the integration, there were also
methods available to make it look like it's still your site, i.e.
embedding PayPal into your pages.

This wasn't a problem for us, as we had no concerns about our visitors
going off to PayPal, which returns them back to a landing 'Thankyou'
page on our site anyway.

Rob.

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