Re: Payment link button to PayPal just goes to sandbox dot paypal dot com without payment details

I've never used this Helper so can't say much about that. But have you
checked that the form is good to begin with? If using Firefox check
with WebDeveloper extension's "view form details". Or even "inspect
element".

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Daniel <danwgrace@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a submit button that takes the user to PayPal using the form action.
> When I click the PayPal link I get taken to the front page of PayPal
> https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/ but there is no reference to my payment
> details. The code in the helper is as follows:
>
> function PPSetVars($sandbox) {
> if ($sandbox) {
> $this->pp_vars = array(
> 'server' => 'http://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr',
> 'email' => 'danwgr_1341181512_biz@gmail.com',
> 'return' => $this->base_url.'/pages/pp_return',
> 'cancel_return' => $this->base_url.'/pages/pp_cancel',
> 'notify_url' => $this->base_url.'/subs/process_ipn'
> );
> }
> else {
> $this->pp_vars = array(
> 'server' => 'http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr',
> 'email' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
> 'return' => $this->base_url.'/pages/pp_return',
> 'cancel_return' => $this->base_url.'/pages/pp_cancel',
> 'notify_url' => $this->base_url.'/subs/process_ipn'
> );
> }
> }
> function PPText($sub_type) {
> switch ($sub_type) {
> case '1m': return '1 month';
> case '3m': return '3 months';
> case '6m': return '6 months';
> case '1y': return '1 year';
> }
> return 0;
> }
> function PPAmount($sub_type) {
> switch ($sub_type) {
> case '1m': return 6;
> case '3m': return 12;
> case '6m': return 18;
> case '1y': return 30;
> }
> return 0;
> }
> function PPEchoHidden($cmd, $value) {
> echo '<input type="hidden" name="'.$cmd.'" value="'.$value.'"/>';
> }
> function PPEchoForm($sub_type, $custom) {
> $text = $this->PPText($sub_type);
> $item_name = $text.' subscription';
> $amount = $this->PPAmount($sub_type);
> $text .= ' &pound'.number_format($amount, 2);
> echo '<form action="'.$this->pp_vars['server'].'" method="post">';
> $this->PPEchoHidden('cmd', '_xclick');
> $this->PPEchoHidden('business', $this->pp_vars['email']);
> $this->PPEchoHidden('item_name', $item_name);
> $this->PPEchoHidden('currency_code', 'GBP');
> $this->PPEchoHidden('amount', $amount);
> $this->PPEchoHidden('bn', 'PP-BuyNowBF');
> $this->PPEchoHidden('return', $this->pp_vars['return']);
> $this->PPEchoHidden('cancel_return', $this->pp_vars['cancel_return']);
> $this->PPEchoHidden('notify_url', $this->pp_vars['notify_url']);
> $this->PPEchoHidden('rm', '2');
> $this->PPEchoHidden('custom', $custom);
> echo '<p><div id="normaltxt">'.$text.'</div>';
> echo '<input type="submit" value="Pay With PayPal" /></p>';
> echo '</form>';
> }
>
> The above code is called from the view file as follows:
>
> $this->Helperfns->PPSetVars($sandbox);
> $this->Helperfns->PPEchoForm('1m', $user_id);
> $this->Helperfns->PPEchoForm('3m', $user_id);
> $this->Helperfns->PPEchoForm('6m', $user_id);
> $this->Helperfns->PPEchoForm('1y', $user_id);
> Thanks.
>
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