eCart checkout - adding a textarea filed

I am trying to add a text area field to the checkout page for eCart. I found this tutorial:

http://www.webassist.com/tutorials/Add-a-form-field-to-your-existing-web-form

and I've followed the instructions (with the only difference being the type of form element and the name). Got the form field in place. Setup up the Binding and put the hidden field in the pp_confirm.php file to set the Session variable. Problem is, I still don't get a value when I display the Session variables after submitting the page.

What I want is to have a field where a customer can enter instructions about their order and have this print as part of the email receipt that goes to the customer and to the business.

I would need to see the code.

Here are copies of the files for this - checkout.php and pp_confirm.php.

I think you misunderstand how the Payments pro process works.

On the checkout page, there are 2 options the user can chose for payment:

1) Direct payment - this is when they fill in the checkout form on the checkout page

2) Express Checkout through Paypal - This is when they click the paypal express checkout button on the checkout page.

each payment method has a different set of pages.

Using Direct payment, the user fills in the checkpout form, and this is posted to the confirm page. on the confirm page, the user confirms the purchase and it is processed through payla.

You have the special instructions as part of the checkout form, so setting the session and the hidden element must happen on the confirm page.

using the express checkout option, the user goes to paypal to set the payment method, they atre then returned to the pp_confrim page. here they can confirm the order and process it through paypal.

When they click the PayPal button on the checkout page they are taken to the PayPal payment center and given the option to use their PP account or pay with a credit card. With this in place why is it necessary to have credit card information in the checkout form since they can select that option once they are in PP?

As far as the Instructions textarea field it doesn't matter where it is in the checkout flow as long as we can have that text captured and then add it to the emailed receipt when it goes out.

Originally Said By: mrsam5266

  When they click the PayPal button on the checkout page they are taken to the PayPal payment center and given the option to use their PP account or pay with a credit card. With this in place why is it necessary to have credit card information in the checkout form since they can select that option once they are in PP?  

Paypal pay,emts pro offers both, you can remove the checkout form from the checkout page is you like and only have the option to use express checkout.

Some people prefer to enter the CC Info on your site, some people prefer to use paypal, it just gives the buyer more options.

Originally Said By: mrsam5266

  As far as the Instructions textarea field it doesn't matter where it is in the checkout flow as long as we can have that text captured and then add it to the emailed receipt when it goes out.  

Since there are 2 payment options, you need to add the instructions fields to both payment workflows.

for the Direct payments workflow, the instructions field goes on the checkout page, you add the set session variable to the confirm page and add the hidden form element to the confirm page.


for the Express Checkout workflow, add the instructions field to the pp_confirm page and add the set session value behavior to the pp_confirm page.