Customer info not passed to PayPal

[jeds]

Shouldn't the information a customer fills in on my site be passed to PayPal so they don't have to enter it twice? (Name, address etc)

 

It is very simple to do with their variables, but does not work.

 

I have just upgraded to 4.0, is this now fixed? Or have I missed it in my setup of whmcs?

 

Or should I submit a ticket?

 

Thanks

[cyberneticos]

Hi Jeds,

 

Man, I was just having this same problem

 

Yes , there are variables that you can pass along.

 

Here are the details:

 

https://ppmts.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ppdts.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=392&p_created=1169827884&p_sid=zG4m-KAj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=244&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NDMsNDMmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD12YXJpYWJsZXM*&p_li=&p_topview=1

 

I sent an email to Matt asking how we can add these variables to the button form.

 

Note, if you pass along the email, even though this would save him from typing it in, the page he gets will not have the credit card form (the customer will have to click the frickin continue button). This happens becuase paypal thinks you are an existing customer since you entered the email in. Also, if a customer has a cookie from logging in before, the credit card form will also be hidden.

 

In any case, wether they have to click the continue button or not, prepopulating the fields can be a deciding factor for the client to continue or get pissed and say (I'm not filling in this **** again)

 

hehe

 

Excuse my french

[jeds]

Thanks, cyberneticos for the link, as you can see it is not hard to do, except that it needs to go in modules/gateways/paypal.php or paypalpaymentspro.php, which are encrypted. Keep us posted on what Matt says.

 

prepopulating the fields can be a deciding factor for the client to continue or get pissed and say (I'm not filling in this **** again)

 

Exactly!

[cyberneticos]

yep will do

[cyberneticos]

Jeds,

 

Ask Matt for the modification. Variables are being passed, except email (so the CC form shows)

 

I am trying to remove the paypal (login_email) cookie via PHP also, but not having luck.

[cyberneticos]

This is what I'm using, and the paypal.com login_email cookie is not being set to a past date:

 

{php}

// Delete paypal cookie, so the CC form is displayed. set the expiration date to one hour ago to remove

setcookie("login_email", "", time()-60000);

{/php}

 

(testing in FF only)

Any suggestions ?

[cyberneticos]

OK, I was ignorant to the fact that you can't modify any cookies from domains that the browser is currently not on.

 

Makes sense.

 

So I guess we got as far as we could with the standard Paypal gateway.

 

Cheers !

[jeds]

Agreed, and Matt says it will be included in the next release

 

I am happier with this

[cyberneticos]

Likewise

[willow]

We use WHMCS to sell templates and modifications for a shopping cart along with related services but as the buyers address is not transfered to paypal when making payment there is no way for me to check if the address they provided matches the address in the paypal profile.

 

While searching for a solution to this i came accross this thread so has anyone any ideas on how to do this?