taking payments

[barrowvian]

I'm not sure if this is in the right sections, so I'm sorry if its not.

 

I've been helping my friend make a basic modelling site as part of a project but I've never made anything with any kind of payment function/gateway before.

 

What I'm wanting it to go like is;

 

1 - User goes to register page (basic submission form with function for uploading image) - I've done this part.

2 - If all is OK, then they're forwarded to a payment page. The register function doesnt do anything yet except store the data.

3 - If payment is OK then send the data to me in a email (I can send an email with the data).

 

I don't know how I'd link the payments to the submission form etc, or how I'd go about using a payment method.

 

Please could someone offer me their advice and point me in the right direction, thank you

[Psycho]

Well, how do you plan in accepting payments? Probably the easiest method is to use PayPal and use the developer tools they have available.

 

https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/library_documentation

[GoneNowBye]

paypal also have a great fake-API

 

its like the API but has no actual currencies involved, reallly helps, last thing you want is a bug with money systems

[barrowvian]

Yeah Ive just been playing around with the paypal sandox tools and its nice and easy to incorporate onto my site...just as a button that links to paypal though.

 

Do you know how I'd go about linking that paypal button to the submission button, so that it doesnt email me the submission details unless the paypal button is pressed?

 

Also, is there any way to link it to not email me the details until a payment is complete rather than just the initial submission? Thanks