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Paypal IPN Notification

Started by chancehoggan, October 28, 2011, 16:42:50 PM

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lindapowers

We just noticed after 2 years that in our PayPal IPN settings we had set:

http://websitename.com/shop/ipn_main_handler.php

Which was the URL for zencart... but the strange thing is that is working, is that even possible?

Quote from: olizan on December 18, 2012, 09:03:13 AM
It's works if you enter this code in paypal : (yourwebsite must be online)

http://yourdomain/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=pluginresponse&task=pluginnotification&tmpl=component

Shouldn't that be:

http://yourdomain.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=pluginresponse&task=pluginnotification&tmpl=component

????

jenkinhill

Shouldn't that be:

http://yourdomain.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=pluginresponse&task=pluginnotification&tmpl=component

No, because I use   http://yourdomain.co.uk  or  http://yourdomain.biz  etc            ;)

As for the ipn url it sounds like one of those wierd things that you correct and then no longer works.
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lindapowers

Quote from: jenkinhill on April 20, 2013, 10:57:23 AM
Shouldn't that be:

http://yourdomain.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=pluginresponse&task=pluginnotification&tmpl=component

No, because I use   http://yourdomain.co.uk  or  http://yourdomain.biz  etc            ;)

As for the ipn url it sounds like one of those wierd things that you correct and then no longer works.

:D yep

Actually we just left it the way it is, although that is for VM1, when we change to VM2 we will update the IPN's with the url mentioned and they won't work ;D

carsten888

QuoteWe just noticed after 2 years that in our PayPal IPN settings we had set:
Same here. After updating a few days ago to 2.0.20b (from 2.0.18 or so) payments did not get confirmed. Turns out I had Paypal point to a file that no longer existed since the update to Joomla 2.5.  :o

I just changed it to http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=pluginresponse&task=pluginnotification&tmpl=component and am now waiting for the next payment to see what happens. (where is that popcorn-eating smiley?)

carsten888

darn! someone bought something, paid in paypal and again payment did not process in vm. ( I got the email from paypal, it was 2 hours ago, so manually set the order to confirmed).

I tried to direct access the url, which gives an empty page. In the code is the basic page without any content.

Webshop has been working fine for years, I do just another VM update and it stops working. There must be a reason.

Am I missing something obvious here?

lindapowers

Quote from: carsten888 on April 22, 2013, 16:37:47 PM
darn! someone bought something, paid in paypal and again payment did not process in vm. ( I got the email from paypal, it was 2 hours ago, so manually set the order to confirmed).

I tried to direct access the url, which gives an empty page. In the code is the basic page without any content.

Webshop has been working fine for years, I do just another VM update and it stops working. There must be a reason.

Am I missing something obvious here?

Maybe a permission issue in the file or folders?

Take a look here see if it helps.

http://www.virtuemartrewardspoints.com/documentation/54-virtuemart-paypal-ipn-order-confirmation




carsten888

Yes that did help!
The screenshots are old, but 'Payment Data Transfer' to 'yes' did the trick.

I have no idea how this could have worked for years like this.

Thank you very much!

jjk

Just for info - PayPal currently is changing a lot of their documentation and services and there still is plenty of old PayPal related stuff online.
The latest ones I know of are these:
https://www.x.com/sites/default/files/ipnguide.pdf
https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/index
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