[Solved] Paypal Payment module - errors

[SteveW1805]

Hi all,

I am having dreadful problems with the Paypal Payment module. I have narrowed the problem down to this script:

modules/paypal/payment/submit.php

This problem is killing me.

Does anyone have a similar problem or, more importantly, a solution.

Does anyone with a PrestaCart Shop 1.4 have a working Paypal payment module?

Any help will be life blood - and I am willing to pay too.

Many thanks

[xbfish]

what error message does it displayed?

[SnowMediaInc]

Was it a "No currency" response? That is the problem I am having.

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[SteveW1805]

what error message does it displayed?

Various problems really.

Sometimes it "hangs" and doesn't get to the Paypal page.
Sometimes it gets to the Paypal page then "hangs" and does not return to the store.
Other errors include: "Invalid token".

I can't see a pattern to it at all, which is a problem in itself.

[export_miami]

Asd

[export_miami]

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[SteveW1805]

Good evening,

if you have these errors on your website, it means you have an auto-generated SSL certificate from your server.
In order to avoid these problems, you should adopt for a SSL certificate issued from Certificates Authorities like:

_ GlobalSign,
_ VeriSign,
_ Thawte,
_ GeoTrust,
_ RapidSSL.

https://www.networking4all.com/en/ssl+certificates/


If you are not sure with the technology, then do not hesitate to opt for a FREESSL. It is free and has a validation of 30 days, which is more than enough for you to get used to the SSL technology.

http://www.networking4all.com/en/ssl+certificates/products/by+type/

Best regards,

I don't believe that is true.

If you have an IPN return URL that is not SSL (https), then this is not the problem.

One of the whole points of using Paypal is that all the SSL stuff takes place on their servers and there is no need for any of it in the shop.

I'm sorry but I feel you post is highly misleading and could hinder some rather than help.

[SteveW1805]

Good evening,

if you have these errors on your website, it means you have an auto-generated SSL certificate from your server.
In order to avoid these problems, you should adopt for a SSL certificate issued from Certificates Authorities like:

_ GlobalSign,
_ VeriSign,
_ Thawte,
_ GeoTrust,
_ RapidSSL.

https://www.networking4all.com/en/ssl+certificates/


If you are not sure with the technology, then do not hesitate to opt for a FREESSL. It is free and has a validation of 30 days, which is more than enough for you to get used to the SSL technology.

http://www.networking4all.com/en/ssl+certificates/products/by+type/

Best regards,

An explanation of security, SSL and https.

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. You often have to pay for this. You may also have to pay for a dedicated IP address too, because you need that to use SSL.

However, the only time you need a web page to be secure (it will use a https prefix rather than the more usual http) is if you are transmitting sensitive data across the web – credit card data for example.

If you use Paypal or another third party payment acceptance company, all the sensitive data is transmitted via their web servers which ARE secure.

So to summarise and correct Roberto125:

You Do NOT need SSL in your shop. The ONLY time you need it is at check out time which, as I have said, if handled by a third party is secure anyway.

The only exception to this is to give your customers a sense of security. However, how many of them would actually understand the issue is an interesting and open question.

I hope that helps.

[SteveW1805]

I believe I have found out what is happening.

I had everything set up correctly, but the problem was that the server connection was (sometimes - depending upon the load) timing out when a) PS tried to access Paypal and when Paypal had done its stuff and tried to return to the shop.

I am hosting with Fatcow, but will be moving tout sweet to Nexcess.

I hope that helps someone.

S