Date: 08/21/07 (PHP Community)    Keywords: html, web

a client of mine (a politican) wants to be able to take donations using their authorize.net account, i've never done this before. :)

i found this open-source script:
http://napersolutions.com/aim_payment_bridge.html

and it seems to do the trick just fine on my unix-based host, and is actually pretty well done (easy to edit) etc, but when i upload it to the client's host, which is windows-based (yeah, i know) it won't connect to the payment bridge.

the script mentions this if you don't get a response from the host:

// 1) You may not be https or a secure connection to Authoriznet (SSL)
// 2) It could also mean that you are not using port 443, the port
required by Authorizenet
// 3) You may not have the proper version of CURL installed that support SSL
// 4) Curl may not be initialized
// 5) Also, Apple OSX Server has a preference in the Web Server that
defaults to "enable
// performance cache" and this seems to throw requests to other ports rather
// than their default assigned ones. Disable "performance cache" and
restart the Web server.

i know #1 is correct because I'm using the shared ssl but i'm not sure about the others.

the response from the client's host was less than helpful.

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Unfortunatley we cannot offer any further advice on how to get
authorize.net to work with our system.

Our system does work with authorize.net, however what permissions/
changes need to be done to get it to work, I cannot say.

I can confirm thatcURL 7.95 is installed on the server as well as the
port 443 is being used for the shared ssl. We are a Windows operating
system network and so the Apple Server would not apply.

You may wish to see if you need a ssl certificate that has the domain
name on it to work with authorize.net.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

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i'm pretty much at a loss here. any help/insights would be appreciated as i don't think this client will want to switch hosts.

maybe an easier way to take donations?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/580908.html