Comments on: Paypal IPN listener in PHP

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:02:09 +0000

Um, I am using a $debug variable – this script is called from Paypal, and I’m not aware that you can set Paypal to set a debug flag.
The script deliberately uses several text files, as if something fails the name of the text file helps identify where the problem is.
I don’t see any issue with using mail. This has been used on a live implementation for over 2 years now with no problem whatsoever.

By: Pacis Dream

Pacis Dream — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:10:33 +0000

I have no t used this yet (was browsing.). A couple of observations:

1. For debug/error, you should direct everything to a text file, and in case of error, send error to that file.

2. You should probably have a variable called $debug, that’s set when calling the script ($debug = $_REQUEST['debug']).

3. Using mail may not work due. You should use something else for that, like setting up a gmail account, and calling the gmail smtp interface

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:45:56 +0000

Thanks Hans, I’ve corrected that.

By: Hans

Hans — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:21:30 +0000

($posted_account_owner == $account_owner) && comes from the right account should be
($posted_account_owner == $account_owner) && // comes from the right account.
But thx for your code. Using it for my tool

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:23:58 +0000

Yes, fair comment. I used it while testing, but it’s not critical in live working.

By: Reece

Reece — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:01:44 +0000

Why use or die() messages.. its not like you can see the message.

By: Deyan Todorov

Deyan Todorov — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:05:37 +0000

I wrote an IPN listener but never tested it till now … and if don’t get the right result … may be i’ll use you listner …