Paypal Pending Review IPN - Sandbox or LIVE

Question :

I am using the PayPal IPN feature but I keep getting _POST[payment_status] = Pending when I make a test using the Sandbox. Because of that, I can't test the full purchase to make sure the whole process works properly.

Solution :

If you are using sandbox, open developer.paypal.com->Dashboard->Accounts->facilitator@yourhost.com->Profile->Settings. Set 'Payment review' to 'Off'

Paypal Payment Status Pending -- Paypal

Here is the problem:


User makes payment - ok

User returns to my website succesfully - ok

After a few seconds PayPal calls my website using IPN - ok

My class successfully validate incoming IPN data.

PayPal returns "payment_status: Pending"

I don't know why PayPal IPN calls back with the payment status of "pending"?

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Solution:


When you're logged into your test business account, manually navigate to:

Check Your Sandbox

You would normally be able to get there by going through your "My Business Setup" but currently it redirects to PayPal live (despite being in the sandbox).

Once you're on that page, change "Block payments sent to me in a currency I do not hold" to "No, accept them and convert them to ..."

Also, don't forget to confirm your business account using the PayPal Sandbox front-end and "Test Email" section of the API.

Paypal NVP IPN PHP - Source Code Script

Hey Guys...

This is 100% Working Script for Do DirectPayment NVP Sample Code

<!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Untitled Document</title> </head> <body> <?php /** DoDirectPayment NVP example; last modified 08MAY23. * * Process a credit card payment. */ $environment = 'sandbox'; // or 'beta-sandbox' or 'live' /** * Send HTTP POST Request * * @param string The API method name * @param string The POST Message fields in &name=value pair format * @return array Parsed HTTP Response body */ function PPHttpPost($methodName_, $nvpStr_) { global $environment; // Set up your API credentials, PayPal end point, and API version. //$API_UserName = urlencode('my_api_username'); // $API_Password = urlencode('my_api_password'); // $API_Signature = urlencode('my_api_signature'); // $API_Endpoint = "https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp"; // if("sandbox" === $environment || "beta-sandbox" === $environment) { // $API_Endpoint = "https://api-3t.$environment.paypal.com/nvp"; // } $API_UserName = urlencode('bgb_76_api1.yahoo.com'); $API_Password = urlencode('1371664121'); $API_Signature = urlencode('AsxaPYH9DSLeUz58vNNDVRf7iy5vAwzLgS0EWdVJKBAak20bU8wZr4px'); if("sandbox" === $environment || "beta-sandbox" === $environment) { $API_Endpoint = "https://api-3t.$environment.paypal.com/nvp"; //$API_Endpoint = "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"; } else { $API_Endpoint = "https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp"; } $version = urlencode('51.0'); // Set the curl parameters. $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $API_Endpoint); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1); // Turn off the server and peer verification (TrustManager Concept). curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, FALSE); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); // Set the API operation, version, and API signature in the request. $nvpreq = "METHOD=$methodName_&VERSION=$version&PWD=$API_Password&USER=$API_UserName&SIGNATURE=$API_Signature$nvpStr_"; // Set the request as a POST FIELD for curl. curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $nvpreq); // Get response from the server. $httpResponse = curl_exec($ch); if(!$httpResponse) { exit("$methodName_ failed: ".curl_error($ch).'('.curl_errno($ch).')'); } // Extract the response details. $httpResponseAr = explode("&", $httpResponse); $httpParsedResponseAr = array(); foreach ($httpResponseAr as $i => $value) { $tmpAr = explode("=", $value); if(sizeof($tmpAr) > 1) { $httpParsedResponseAr[$tmpAr[0]] = $tmpAr[1]; } } if((0 == sizeof($httpParsedResponseAr)) || !array_key_exists('ACK', $httpParsedResponseAr)) { exit("Invalid HTTP Response for POST request($nvpreq) to $API_Endpoint."); } return $httpParsedResponseAr; } $ipn["cxyear"] = '2019'; $ipn["cxmonth"] = '11'; $ipn["ccno"] = '4032031731268909'; $ipn["fname"] = 'Harry'; $ipn["lname"] = 'Potter'; $ipn["creditCardType"] = 'visa'; $ipn["cvv2"] = '247'; //$ipn["noc"] = $ccdat["noc"]; $ipn["baddr"] = '225 N Jackson Ave'; $ipn["cscity"] = 'San Jose'; $ipn["csstate"] = 'CA'; $ipn["cscountry"] = 'US'; $ipn["ifare"] = '214.14'; $ipn["cszip"] = '95116'; // Set request-specific fields. $paymentType = urlencode('Authorization'); // or 'Sale' $firstName = urlencode($ipn["fname"]); $lastName = urlencode($ipn["lname"]); $creditCardType = urlencode($ipn["creditCardType"]); $creditCardNumber = urlencode($ipn["ccno"]); $expDateMonth = $ipn["cxmonth"]; // Month must be padded with leading zero $padDateMonth = urlencode(str_pad($expDateMonth, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT)); $expDateYear = urlencode($ipn["cxyear"]); $cvv2Number = urlencode($ipn["cvv2"]); $address1 = urlencode($ipn["baddr"]); //$address2 = urlencode('customer_address2'); $city = urlencode($ipn["cscity"]); $state = urlencode($ipn["csstate"]); $zip = urlencode($ipn["cszip"]); $country = urlencode($ipn["cscountry"]); // US or other valid country code $amount = urlencode($ipn["ifare"]); $currencyID = urlencode('USD'); // or other currency ('GBP', 'EUR', 'JPY', 'CAD', 'AUD') // Add request-specific fields to the request string. $nvpStr = "&PAYMENTACTION=$paymentType&AMT=$amount&CREDITCARDTYPE=$creditCardType&ACCT=$creditCardNumber"."&EXPDATE=$padDateMonth$expDateYear&CVV2=$cvv2Number&FIRSTNAME=$firstName&LASTNAME=$lastName"."&STREET=$address1&CITY=$city&STATE=$state&ZIP=$zip&COUNTRYCODE=$country&CURRENCYCODE=$currencyID"; // Execute the API operation; see the PPHttpPost function above. $httpParsedResponseAr = PPHttpPost('DoDirectPayment', $nvpStr); prx($httpParsedResponseAr); if("SUCCESS" == strtoupper($httpParsedResponseAr["ACK"]) || "SUCCESSWITHWARNING" == strtoupper($httpParsedResponseAr["ACK"])) { exit('Direct Payment Completed Successfully: '.print_r($httpParsedResponseAr, true)); } else { exit('DoDirectPayment failed: ' . print_r($httpParsedResponseAr, true)); } function prx($arr) { echo "<pre>"; print_r($arr); exit; } ?> </body> </html>

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