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Paypal Integration

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:31 am
by Inkyskin
Hi all,

I have posted this over at the Paypal Dev forums, but response is less than quick, so I thought I'd try here too ;)

I have a subscription set up, and want to have results posted back to me using IPN. I understand the process etc, thats not the issue. What is, is this:

If someone signs up for a new subscription, when they return to my site, I can grab the subscription id (subscr_id), and log it into the database and assign it to that user. When the subscription renews, will the subscription id still be the same? If it is, I can check against which user it belongs very simply - but if it is different, how could I know who the renewal belongs to?

I thought about loggin the email that paypal gives for the payee, but if that person pays for say their own account, and maybe their childs - then I am buggered.

Any help would be amazing :D

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:33 am
by Christopher
I do not know if the subscription id changes when they renew. I don't see why it would as Paypal would probably benefit from it staying the same as well. But you need to check with their support.

You also might want to collect multiple pieces of data about the person: browser string, etc. and assume a match if many/most of the data matches, or ask the person if you think you know who they are.

Re: Paypal Integration

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:53 pm
by potato
If you know the answer, please post it.
I also would like to know this :mrgreen:

thanx