PayPal IPN needs testing

[JordanF98765]

I have an IPN scrit for my new site. PayPal is configured to use it, and I ust need to test and debug it.

Right now i've typed code to handle:

new payments, holds placed in the event of a complaint, refunds and when i send money.

Is anyone willing to help me test this by sending a few small payments through my website (2-6$) that will get refunded?

THanks,
Jordan

[darkecho]

Use the paypal sandbox to do this.
https://developer.paypal.com/

You will need to resignup for this. As its "paypal" except nobody actually gets charged. I when it worked for the sandbox it worked for the real version. Same with not working. Infact I have like $2,800 in my sandbox account from testing.

[gorda001]

If only that money was real... :p

Thanks for that. I've been looking for something like that too

[darkecho]

Also make sure that the "payment_status" was "Complete" and not "Pending". Since sometimes it gets the money from a bank account or credit card payments are not always instant.

[gorda001]

OK, so I've got a sandbox account - now what? Does the sandbox act as the client, should it go on the server or do I need two accounts for both client and server?

[darkecho]

In the sandbox area you create 2 accounts. Account 1 would be the one that gets payed. Make it a business account. Account 2 is the normal user that pays.

In order to use the sandbox when testing you do need to be logged into the developer central. (main place you login to).

Instead of posting your data to

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

you post it to

https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

From there it works like normal paypal except you use these 2 fake accounts you created.

[aliasxneo]

@gorda001

You may want to read this article I posted. It covers the Paypal sandbox and setting up a basic script that uses IPN.