$appLicense = $_REQUEST["appLicense"]; did not work either... :/
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Chunk 1978 <chunk1...@gmail.com> wrote: > someone else told me that in order to use custom variables on my > paypal buttons i needed to set up IPN, and that the variable would > become apart of the button's URL... but i'm trying to avoid setting up > IPN simply because it's seems like overkill and complicated for my > tired mind... so essentially my button's only have address like this > with a hosted_button_id: > > https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=1234567 > > i see in apart of the aquatic prime script that it uses the user data: > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > // parse the data > $lines = explode("\n", $res); > $keyarray = array(); > > if (strcmp ($lines[0], "FAIL") == 0) > { > // Put in a URL here to redirect back on error > header("Location: $error_url"); > die; > } > > for ($i = 1; $i < count($lines); $i++) > { > list($lineKey, $lineValue) = explode("=", $lines[$i]); > $keyarray[urldecode($lineKey)] = urldecode($lineValue); > } > > $product = $keyarray['item_name']; > $name = $keyarray['first_name']." ".$keyarray['last_name']; > $email = $keyarray['payer_email']; > $amount = $keyarray['mc_gross']; > $count = $keyarray['quantity']; > // RFC 2822 formatted date > $timestamp = date("r", strtotime($keyarray['payment_date'])); > $transactionID = $keyarray['txn_id']; > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > so i tried just calling $appLicense = $_GET['item_name'] and used the > name of the item (like "Software License") as the variable like this: > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > $appLicense = $_GET["item_name"]; > > $error_url = "//the error url"; > > $key = ""; > $privateKey = ""; > > if ($appLicense == "Software License A") > { > $key = "//the key for Software-A"; > $privateKey = "//the private key for Software-A"; > } > else if ($appLicense == "Software License B") > { > $key = "//the key for Software-B"; > $privateKey = "//the private key for Software-B"; > } > else > { > header("Location: $error_url"); > die; > } > > //remaining lines of code involve the email message > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > but ultimately that didn't work either, which kinda surprised me since > the data is clearly being used already... i must be calling it > wrong?... :-/ > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Sherm Pendley <sherm.pend...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Feb 3, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Chunk 1978 wrote: >> >>> $appLicense = $_POST["appLicense"]; >> >> Try this instead: >> >> $appLicense = $_GET["appLicense"]; >> >>> isn't this the correct method to incorporate >>> customized php variables with the AquaticPrime scripts? >> >> It depends. When an HTML form has a "method" attribute with a value of >> "POST", the form will be submitted using the HTTP POST method, and (in PHP) >> the form inputs will be found in $_POST. >> >> When you link to an ordinary URL with a query string, such as >> "http://foo.example/whatever.php?appLicense=Bar";, the HTTP GET method is >> used to send the request, and the input from the query string is in $_GET. >> >> If you want the receiving script to handle either one, use $_REQUEST, which >> includes the contents of both $_POST and $_GET, as well as $_COOKIES. >> >> sherm-- >> >> > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
