Embedding Google Checkout code with my html/php

[lebexpress]

Hello,

 

I am trying to attach google checkout buttons to my site. The original code given by google is:

<form method="POST" action="https://checkout.google.com/api/checkout/v2/checkoutForm/Merchant/*******"

      accept-charset="utf-8">

 

  <input type="hidden" name="item_name_1" value="Peanut Butter"/>

  <input type="hidden" name="item_description_1" value="Chunky peanut butter."/>

  <input type="hidden" name="item_quantity_1" value="1"/>

  <input type="hidden" name="item_price_1" value="3.99"/>

  <input type="hidden" name="ship_method_name_1" value="UPS Ground"/>

  <input type="hidden" name="ship_method_price_1" value="10.99"/>

  <input type="hidden" name="_charset_"/>

 

  <input type="image" name="Google Checkout" alt="Fast checkout through Google"

src="http://checkout.google.com/buttons/checkout.gif?merchant_id=*****&w=180&h=46&style=white&variant=text&loc=en_US"

height="46" width="180"/>

</form>

 

I edited and pasted it to my view_cart page so it looked:

 

echo"<form method=\"POST\"

  action=\"https://checkout.google.com/api/checkout/v2/checkoutForm/Merchant/*********\"

      accept-charset=\"utf-8\">

 

  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$product_title\" value=\"Product Title\"/>

  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$p_model\" value=\"Product Model Number.\"/>

  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$quantity\" value=\"Quantity\"/>

  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$price\" value=\"Price\"/>

  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"USPS Priority\" value=\"UPS Ground\"/>

  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$shipping\" value=\"Shipping\"/>

 

  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_charset_\"/>

  <input type=\"image\" name=\"Google Checkout\" alt=\"Fast checkout through Google\"

src=\"http://checkout.google.com/buttons/checkout.gif?merchant_id=*******&w=180&h=46&style=white&variant=text&loc=en_US\"

height=\"36\" width=\"100\"/>

 

</form>";

 

 

I need to know how would that code absorb the order if there was more than one kind of an item? because it will have to have two different prices, quantities, etc.. PHP is new to me, and I am learning, so please ask me questions if more explanation is needed.

 

Thanks!

 

 

[unkwntech]

If you read through this example http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/developer/Google_Checkout_HTML_API.html#create_checkout_cart

In the Google API documentation you'll see how they label each item

<input type="hidden" name="item_name[b]_1[/b]" value="5 lbs. Dog Food"/>
<input type="hidden" name="item_description[b]_1[/b]"
  value="5 lb. bag of nutritious Dog Food"/>
<input type="hidden" name="item_price[b]_1[/b]" value="35.00"/>
<input type="hidden" name="item_currency[b]_1[/b]" value="USD"/>
<input type="hidden" name="item_quantity[b]_1[/b]" value="1"/>
<input type="hidden" name="item_merchant_id[b]_1[/b]" value="5LBDOGCHOW"/>

[lebexpress]

Thanks for the reply!! I do not see where I can place my php variables, and how would they be stored in case I had two or more different items with different quantities/prices. Don't I have to have an array  to handle that?

[PHPTOM]

You'd need set up a MySQL database and get the information from there.

Example:

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `products`");
while($a = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
echo"<form method=\"POST\"
  action=\"https://checkout.google.com/api/checkout/v2/checkoutForm/Merchant/*********\"
      accept-charset=\"utf-8\">

  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$a[product_title]\" value=\"Product Title\"/>
  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$a[p_model]\" value=\"Product Model Number.\"/>
  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$a[quantity]\" value=\"Quantity\"/>
  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$a[price]\" value=\"Price\"/>
  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"USPS Priority\" value=\"UPS Ground\"/>
  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$a[shipping]\" value=\"Shipping\"/>

  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_charset_\"/>
  <input type=\"image\" name=\"Google Checkout\" alt=\"Fast checkout through Google\"
src=\"http://checkout.google.com/buttons/checkout.gif?merchant_id=*******&w=180&h=46&style=white&variant=text&loc=en_US\"
height=\"36\" width=\"100\"/>

</form>";
}

 

Of course you would need to setup a database. If you want me to help you with that and your host has PHPMYadmin I will help you. Email me tlomas [at] gmail [dot] com

 

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