Return from PayPal

I have my cart up but when doing testing for its function the workflow seems to stick when the payment is finished at PayPal.

I get their confirmation page that the payment has been made but I am not returned to the checkout_success.php page.

is this using paypal payments pro? Standard? or express checkout?

PayPal standard

on the confirm page, look for the following code:

<input type="hidden" name="return" id="return" value="" />

change the value to the full url of the checkout success page on your site:

<input type="hidden" name="return" id="return" value="http://www.mydomain.com/checkout_success.php" />

With payment standard, is it possible to automatically redirect from completing paypal back to a success page or other page?
For an example, a mp3 download.

Hi Jason,

So, this one will return the buyer to the checkout_success.php page.

Is there another reference in the code that needs to be set to return to the checkout_failure.php page when the payment doesn't go through?

JBWebWorks: the return hidden element sets the page that the user will be returned to from the paypal site

<input type="hidden" name="return" id="return" value="http://www.mydomain.com/checkout_success.php" />



jvorzimer358609: At his point in the transaction process, there is no way to know if the status of the transaction is success or failure.

this is the week point of using paypal payments standard.

paypal payments standard is not a real time payment process, when the user is sent back to your site, the payment has been added to a queue and will be processed through the merchant bank on a first come first served basis.

the success page only means that PayPal has accepted the payment method.


Paypal uses a service called IPN (Instant Payment Notification). IPN Will send a post to page you configure on your site with the details of the transaction once it is processed. see the following page for more details on IPN:
ipn


paypal standard is one of the more difficult payment gateways to configure properly, I strongly recommend using PayPal Payments pro just for the ease of use.