charge credit card with php script

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fishown
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charge credit card with php script

Post by fishown »

Hello everyone,

I thought about adding credit card payment method to my site,
I did a little Goog search and it seems that all the tutorials focus on third-party web sites,
well its not that I chose not to do it with third-party site its just that I want to know all my options before i choose.

If you have any expirience with credit card payments that not contain third-party sites I will be greatful if you could share it with me.

Thanks, adi.
crazycoders
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Re: charge credit card with php script

Post by crazycoders »

First of all, you can't do credit card processing unless you use a third party website. There are tons, you have to choose for yourself but the one i usually use is PayPal. Integration is quick and easy and you can use it with a page transfer (go on the paypal site) or integrate it into your own website so the user never leaves your website.

Even large companies don't use their own credit card processing system because it requires extreme levels of security that only third parties may offer because they actually focus only on that. You'd be suprised to just read the PCI DSS compliance list that is used to only get credit card merchant numbers... So seriously, stick to paypal as they have no requirements like that and they provide a rather comprehensive guide to payments integration on PHP based websites.

Have fun!
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