Passing options(size/color) to paypal with static cart

Is there a simple way to pass the size and color to paypal. I only get the name and ID with the order, but I need to know the size for some items and color for others. I am using a static cart with php. I am not a developer. There is similar post but I get a little lost. Here is the post
showthread.php?t=2156&highlight=passing+paypal
I do have a price calculation based on the size so I don't see how to just append the name. I have the test site set up at www.4southernutahhomes.com .
So far the ecart software has been great! I have never programmed before and have been amazed at how easy it has come together. The forum has been a great help as well.
Thanks,
Cory

what gateway are you using? Paypal Payments pro, or Paypal Payments Standard?

Payments Pro
Thanks
Cory

Is it easier with paypal payments pro or Paypal payments standard? Any help on getting that information passed to paypal would be greatly appreciated.
Cory

I think I am going to stick with paypal payments standard. I really need help getting these values passed to paypal. I bought universal email to try to send me a copy of the cart. I can get it to work with payments pro, but I keep getting errors with failed transactions and issues with the SSL, only part of the page is being loaded with SSL. I change to payments standard and I can't get it to send a receipt. I installed the universal email on the confim.php page and configure it to send on submit_order pressed but when I do a transaction it doesn't send anything.
Any help?

With Pay Pal payments Standard, you cannot send the email on the confirm page, since this page posts to the paypall servers.

The email needs to sent on the checkout success page when using paypal standard, I would recomend sticking with Paypal pro.


to send the option details to paypal, edit the eCart object and create a new calculation on the calculation tab.

Set the Type of the new calculation to text and the name to "NameOptions", the calculation should be:
[Name] . ' Color:' . [colorColumnName] . ' Size:' . [sizeColumnName]


Next on the Conform Page, find the following code:

$PP_DirectPayment_itemized[0][$nextIndex] = "Name" . strval($cartIndex+1) . "";

  $PP_DirectPayment_itemized[1][$nextIndex] = "".$WA_Store_Cart->DisplayInfo("Name")  ."";

and change it to:

$PP_DirectPayment_itemized[0][$nextIndex] = "Name" . strval($cartIndex+1) . "";

  $PP_DirectPayment_itemized[1][$nextIndex] = "".$WA_Store_Cart->DisplayInfo("NameOptions")  ."";

Thank You! It works great.

I'm having difficulty passing options from eCart to Paypal Payments Standard and thought I was on the right track finding this post. Unfortunately, I do not have the code you refer to on my confirm page???

I am using eCart 4.5.2 if that makes a difference.

Paypal payments standard passes data through hidden form elements. To pass options you would use hidden form elements named "on0" and "os0" and "on1" and "os1". I think it only supports up to two options.

So for a large red item you might add this to the form:

<input type="hidden" name="on0" value="size">
<input type="hidden" name="os0" value="large">

<input type="hidden" name="on1" value="color">
<input type="hidden" name="os1" value="red">

Have read this thread but cannot find those codes on my pages to change. My problem is the Product page contains two individual items, each offers a drop down menu with a choice of several color options. The color is selected and everything seems fine, follow through with checkout, order confirmation the color selected shows. However once the order is submitted to Paypal the product Name, item number, item price, and the quantity show on the Paypal invoice but no color. The client is in a panic mode. Thanks in advance, you have helped out greatly with my passed shipping issues on this site.