Paypal Ipn

[daz883]

i have been playing about with oscommerce for a few weeks now. i originally decided against installing paypal ipn and instead setting the auto return feature in my paypal business account. this would redirect the user back to my site automatically after a delay of say 10 seconds and then the order was logged in the db. however, if i closed the tab during this delay (before being redirected back to my site), then the order was paid for but not logged which is completely unacceptable. so i decided to install paypal ipn to counteract the issue. now the order is logged even if i close the tab. however, the shopping cart for that user is not emptied and the email confirmation sent by oscommerce is not recieved by the customer because presumably the code for this is on the checkout success page of oscommerce. ive read these forums extensively regarding this issue and one user called 'vger' (who i might add seems to know his stuff) said to only install the latest ipn contribution added by an oscommerce team member which i did. however, this does not solve the issues i outlined above. anyone know how i can solve these issues?

 

thanks

[web-project]

you need to install the proper developed version of PayPal IPN contribution which is located at:

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1753

[daz883]

thanks for the reply.......however, has this been developed by the oscommerce team? And which version of it should i pick up (from the link you gave)

 

thanks

[satish]

ON the above specified link go to the latest version.

 

Satish

[daz883]

once again thank you for the reply. however, my boss stresses that we stick with the ipn contribution developed by the oscommerce team so ive dug around these forums a little more.

 

satish - please see http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?sho...=paypal+problem . you also suggest sticking to the contribution developed by the oscommerce team in that particular thread. surely there are minor contributions that can be appended to the ipn contribution created by the oscommerce team that will send the osc email and empty the shopping cart if the user completes his paypal payment but doesnt return to your site? I have been digging around for many hours now but no one seems to have encountered this problem which i find particularly strange considering that this is a vanilla install of oscommerce but just with the oscommerce paypal ipn contribution added on top.

 

i would be mighty grateful if someone could help me