Paypal IPN Notification

[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?

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.

[lindapowers]

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.

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

[carsten888]

We 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. 

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]

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