Paypal IPN Help

[Deepzone]

I use the following IPN code from Paypal to trigger my database update.

 

if (!$fp) {

// HTTP ERROR

} else {

fputs ($fp, $header . $req);

while (!feof($fp)) {

$res = fgets ($fp, 1024);

// $res=stream_get_contents($fp, 1024);

 

$res = trim($res);

if (strcmp($res, "VERIFIED") == 0) {

if ($payment_status === 'Completed') {

$txn_id_check = mysql_query("SELECT txn_id FROM log WHERE txn_id = '".$txn_id."'");

if (mysql_num_rows($txn_id_check) != 1) {

if ($receiver_email=='seller_999@me.com') {

if ($payment_amount == '0.09' && $payment_currency == 'CAD') {

// add txn to database

$log_query = mysql_query("INSERT INTO log (txn_id, email) VALUES ('".$txn_id."', '".$payer_email."')");

// update premium to 1

$update_premium = mysql_query("UPDATE users SET premium = 1 WHERE user_id = '".$user_id."' ");

}

}

}

}

}

else if (strcmp ($res, "INVALID") == 0) {

// log for manual investigation

}

}

fclose ($fp);

}

 

The updating has never kicked in. I tried to debug it and found it has been blocked at if (strcmp($res, "VERIFIED") == 0) . From other post of this forum I learned to trace the IPN return script and found $res doesn't exist. Does anyone know how to fix it?

[Christian F.]

What, specifically, do you mean with "$res doesn't exist"?

 

Also, have you checked your error logs for errors/warnings that this snippet may be producing? I don't see any error handling in here, so it's quite possible that it silently fails at numerous points. Checking the error logs, or turning on error reporting, should give you some pointers.

[Deepzone]

Thanks for reply. I ran this chunk of code and database update didn't occur until I commented out if (strcmp($res, "VERIFIED") == 0).

 

And I trace the output return from Paypal but don't see anything like $res.