Re: This is a total php newbie question [message #175628 is a reply to message #175627] |
Fri, 14 October 2011 01:12 |
Doug Miller
Messages: 171 Registered: August 2011
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On 10/13/2011 8:17 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 10/13/2011 6:29 PM, justaguy wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I sort of touched php at a very beginner's level a while ago...
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>> Here' what I intended to do with some php scripts.
>> Business wise,
>> b1: take the user to PayPal to make a payment.
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> OK
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>> b2. take the user back from PayPal to download a program.
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> You can't "take the user back". All you can do is send them to a site.
> Once they're gone, they're out of your control. It's up to PayPal to
> send them back (which the user may or may not do).
That's not entirely correct: PayPal's interface does permit the merchant
to specify a URL to which PayPal will transfer control once the business
at PayPal's site is concluded. If the user cancels the transaction at
PayPal, that won't happen, of course, but if he completes the
transaction, PayPal will send him back to whatever URL the merchant
supplied to PayPal as the "return address".
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