Hi,

Im not sure if this is a php question or simply a html question, so Ill just post here anyway!

Basically I am creating an e-commerce clothing site for someone and they're using paypal as their payment gateway.

However... they need customers to be able to chose their size and colour before checking out. I cant do this directly on paypal so I was wondering if it was possible to create a kind of form for each product with drop down menus for the sizes and colours and then whichever options they choose it would automatically change the url in the 'add to basket' text/image so that my client can see exactly what they want.

Obviously I would then have to set up products with paypal so there is one for each possible option they choose. sounds like a bit of a faff, but I dont know any other way of doing it.

Ive tried contacting paypal but - no answer.

Can anyone help on this - tell me what scripting I would need or even suggest another way of doing it??

Thanks

I submit the data back to the same page with the new options then create and show the form for the payment gateway.

.If you build the shopping cart yourself in ASP, ASP.NET, PHP or any other server side scripting language, you can then just fire the total off to PayPal.

Here's the URL you need to submit data to:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

The parameters you need to pass:
cmd - set to _xclick
business - your PayPal e-mail address
item_name - Name of the item. You can just put 'Acme Order' (or whatever the company is called)
page_style - If you have custom page styles set up in PayPal, this is where you tell it which one to use. Otherwise it'll just choose default.
currency_code - Three letter currency code, like GBP or USD
amount - Ammount you will charge, with no currency formatting (so 3.99 as oppsed to £3.99)
invoice - It's a good idea to give a unique reference number to each order. Put it here to pass it on to PayPal
return - The URL that PayPal will redirect the user to once the transaction is complete
cancel_return - The URL that paypal will redirect the user to if they cancel payment

I have these in my URL... not sure if it needs them or not:
no_shipping=1
no_note=1

There may be more but I don't know of them.

A sample URL might be:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...om/cancel.aspx

Don't use the Return URL as any confirmation to yourself that the user has paid up. It should just redirect to a 'Thank you for your order' page or simular - this is because people can copy and paste it from the origional URL, skip payment, and go straigt there. If you need to know the user has paid, check your accout manually before you ship the orders or use Instant Payment Notification (IPN)

Originally Posted by Lou28

Hi,

Im not sure if this is a php question or simply a html question, so Ill just post here anyway!

Basically I am creating an e-commerce clothing site for someone and they're using paypal as their payment gateway.

However... they need customers to be able to chose their size and colour before checking out. I cant do this directly on paypal so I was wondering if it was possible to create a kind of form for each product with drop down menus for the sizes and colours and then whichever options they choose it would automatically change the url in the 'add to basket' text/image so that my client can see exactly what they want.

Obviously I would then have to set up products with paypal so there is one for each possible option they choose. sounds like a bit of a faff, but I dont know any other way of doing it.

Ive tried contacting paypal but - no answer.

Can anyone help on this - tell me what scripting I would need or even suggest another way of doing it??

Thanks

I would suggest that you check out OSCommerce, (http://www.oscommerce.com) - a shopping cart software, that can do exactly what you want, and more. It has lots of features, and it also integrates nicely with paypal.

Its PHP + MySQL, and you would need to have some experience installing scripts to setup the shopping cart. Nevertheless, if you need any help just email me at webguy@antaramedia.com, and I'll be glad to help.

try looking at OSCommerce, it's an opensource e-commerce application in php - great stuff...

thanks everyone - Ill have a look at each option, but might have to get back to you!