XML in PHP?????

[Nicksta]

😃 Hi There guys....

Please can someone help me out - im not sure if im being stupid but i seriously have no clue where to start.

Right, i run an oscommerce shop. The problem now is the following.

A Credit method allows for the merchant to initiate a credit from the Merchant’s account into the Shopper’s account.

The Credit XML tag is represented as <Credit> (opening tag) and </Credit> (closing tag). NOTE: All Transaction input XML documents must be sent to
https://secure.SafeShop.co.za/s2s/SafePay.asp.

WARNING: All XML tags are case-sensitive. If the case of the XML tag is not set to the correct case, SafeShop™ will issue a failed XML transaction.

Sample 31 demonstrates the Credit input Transaction XML document that will be sent to SafeShop™ for processing.

<?xml version=”1.0” ?> <Safe> <Merchant> <SafeKey>{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}</SafeKey> </Merchant> <Transactions> <Credit> <MerchantReference>SafeShop_Pro_3/4/2002 3:29:20 PM</MerchantReference> <SafePayRefNr>00010600</SafePayRefNr> <BankRefNr>SIM999</BankRefNr> <Amount>3200</Amount> </Credit> </Transactions> </Safe>

Now is it just me thats confused but how the heck to you send that xml query to their site?? My knowledge of xml is non-existant and trying to find information that applies to what im trying to do is even more non-existant.

How do i post that xml query to them??

Please guide me in the right direction - thanks guys!!! 😉

[Shrike]

Perhaps via SOAP?

[Nicksta]

HUH:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

/Nick runs off to google find find out what soap is.... mmmm....maybe me needs a bath!!!

[Nicksta]

Nope.... SOAP doesnt look like it'll work for me??

Shouldnt be all that difficult - just need some code to point me in the right direction!!!

Heeellllpppp please someone - how do i send that xml code to the m-web portal!

Thanks for any help guys!

EDIT* What i am saying is HOW do i send the xml code to that url for "processing"????

[bubblenut]

Do they want you to POST a raw xml document to them? Something along the lines of.

if(!$fp = fsockopen('www.example.com', 80, $errno, $errmsg, 30)) {
  echo "fsockopen Error: $errmsg : $errno";
} else {
  $post="POST /path/to/file HTTP/1.1\r\n".
    "Host: www.example.com\r\n".
    "Content-type: application/xml\r\n".
    "Content-length: ".strlen($xml_data)."\r\n\r\n".rawurlencode($xml_data);
  if(!fputs($fp, $post)) {
    echo("Failed to write to http socket");
  } else {
    while(!feof($fp)) {
      echo(fgets($fp, 1024));
    }
  }
  fclose($fp);
}

I don't know though, it's just a guess. Give it a try and let us know if it works.

[Nicksta]

Hmmmmm....

Thanks for the response - tryin and tryin but this is what I get :

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
- <Safe>
<LogRefNr>1168951</LogRefNr>
<Error>XML Root Tag is incorrect should be <Safe> (10146)</Error>
</Safe>

Here is the full document on what I am meant to be doing for those of you who are interested. Im trying to use feature on page 76 of the PDF (Icanonline Paymennts)

Thanks again guys - i'll let you know if there is anything else that seems to work!!

Nick

The documentation they gave me!

[bubblenut]

Are you able to post your code (removing any sensative info. obviously)? It sounds like you're not sending correctly structured xml over to them. Have you read the whole docs (I'm not willing to) to make sure you understand the process completely? Do you have a technical contact at the company you can get in touch with? If not, get one, because if it turns out to be a usage error rather than a specifically PHP problem they're going to have a far better chance of helping you than I am.

[Nicksta]

Ha Ha - A technical contact at m-web - thats a joke - M-Web's our biggest ISP here in South Africa yet they have NO support whatsoever. There are guys around ABVIOUSLY who code the stuff, but to get a reply LET ALONE get hold of them is another story altogether.

Ive sent them over 20 e-mails and tried phoning at least 5 times a day - but still not even ONE reply. All they bothered to reply with was the documentation.

Oh well... but i need them for the gateway else I would have told them to go stuff themselves a LONG time ago.

Managed to get this from someone else also using their gateway - I dont see how they could have ever got it to work - or am i missing something??

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<%
storeID = "<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Safe>
<LogRefNr>8049</LogRefNr>
<Merchant>
<SafeKey>{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}</SafeKey>
</Merchant>
<Transactions>
<MerchantReference> SafeShop_Pro_3/4/2002 3:29:20 PM </MerchantReference>
<TransactionAmount>3200</TransactionAmount>
<TransactionType>IA_Auth</TransactionType>
<SafePayRefNr>00010859</SafePayRefNr>
<TransactionResult>Successful</TransactionResult>
<TransactionErrorResponse/>
<LiveTransaction>False</LiveTransaction>
<HTMLOutput>
<script language="JavaScript">SSiCanWindow = window.open('http://ican.safeshop.co.za/payment.asp ?SourceName=My Website &MerchantId=0000000000&Amount=61.91 &OrderID=00000000 &ReturnURL=https://secure.safeshop.co.za/Checkout/Checkout_IA_Complete.asp ?strOrderNo=00148847', 'icanwindow', 'top=10,left=10,height=650,width=750, ?location=no, scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,toolbar=no, directories=no,resizable=yes') </script> <input type=hidden name=order value=000000></HTMLOutput>

</Transactions>

<RedirectURL>http://www.mywebsite.co.za</RedirectURL>
</Safe>"

%>
<form name="form1" action="https://secure.safeshop.co.za/s2s/SafePay.asp" method="post">
<input type="hidden" value="<%=storeID%>" name="storeID">
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript>
<!--
form1.submit();
//-->
</SCRIPT>

If I could just get the basics on how the whole xml thing works - im sure I could do the rest myself. Its just that little nudge that I need.

Thanks again for all your help!!!

[Nicksta]

Oh dear...

Im not going to post my code as ive just realized i cannot post "raw" xml data. I need to post information relevent to the transactions - like the ammount and other information. So the xml data needs to be in the same segment of code...

Oh dear this seems impossible i cant seem to find anything in google which is relevent.

[Shrike]

Hmm that script just takes the XML document and throws it into a hidden form field. Easy to do in PHP

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Textpad :)">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php
$storeID = "<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Safe>
<LogRefNr>8049</LogRefNr>
<Merchant>
<SafeKey>{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}</SafeKey>
</Merchant>
<Transactions>
<MerchantReference> SafeShop_Pro_3/4/2002 3:29:20 PM </MerchantReference>
<TransactionAmount>3200</TransactionAmount>
<TransactionType>IA_Auth</TransactionType>
<SafePayRefNr>00010859</SafePayRefNr>
<TransactionResult>Successful</TransactionResult>
<TransactionErrorResponse/>
<LiveTransaction>False</LiveTransaction>
<HTMLOutput>
<script language="JavaScript">SSiCanWindow = window.open('http://ican.safeshop.co.za/payment.asp ?SourceName=My Website &MerchantId=0000000000&Amount=61.91 &OrderID=00000000 &ReturnURL=https://secure.safeshop.co.za/Checkout/Checkout_IA_Complete.asp ?strOrderNo=00148847', 'icanwindow', 'top=10,left=10,height=650,width=750, ?location=no, scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,toolbar=no, directories=no,resizable=yes') </script> <input type=hidden name=order value=000000></HTMLOutput>
</Transactions>
<RedirectURL>[url]http://www.mywebsite.co.za[/url]</RedirectURL>
</Safe>"

?>
<form name="form1" action="https://secure.safeshop.co.za/s2s/SafePay.asp" method="post">
<input type="hidden" value="<?php echo $storeID ?>" name="storeID">
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript>
<!--
form1.submit();
//-->
</SCRIPT> 

Bubble's method would be alot neater and configurable, I should think.

[Nicksta]

Ha ha - its amazing - just when you think you might actually have a clue what you doing things like this creep up to make u realize that you ACTUALLY have NO CLUE. Ive programmed other payment options into my site with no problems using databases etc.

Now this simple procedure wont work - and is clearly why my xml isnt being processed correctly.

WHY wont it save the info into the variable?

<HTML>
<BODY>
<?php
$storeID = '<Safe><Merchant><SafeKey>{CantGiveYouThis}</SafeKey></Merchant>- <Transactions>- <IA_Auth><MerchantReference>Test_03:41:58 PM</MerchantReference><PaymentMethod>ican</PaymentMethod><Amount>91867</Amount></IA_Auth></Transactions></Safe>';
?>
<form name="form1" action="https://secure.safeshop.co.za/s2s/SafePay.asp" method="post">
<input type="hidden" value="<?=$storeID?>">
<?php echo $storeID;?>
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Result

{CantGiveYouThis}- - Test_03:41:58 PMican91867

The information in "< >" isnt saving in the variable....

What am i missing out on here??!

/nick probably sounding very stupid right now!!

Thanks guys...

[Joseph_Sliker]

I know this is a rather old thread, but I found it while trying to wrap my head around what the heck XML is all about (have not yet made progress) but I did find that the code above apparently has some errors (missing slashes and semicolons and stuff like that) the following DOES actually run when I renamed it wtf.php and uploaded it to the web host I use: when I call it up using IE, it appears to be trying to log in to some site to make a purchase or payment or something....in that it is apparently full of fake data it does not actually appear to succeed at the task)

<HTML> 
<HEAD> 
<META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Textpad :)"> 
</HEAD> 
<BODY> 
<?php 
$storeID = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" ?>
<Safe> 
<LogRefNr>8049</LogRefNr> 
<Merchant> 
<SafeKey>{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}</SafeKey> 
</Merchant> 
<Transactions> 
<MerchantReference> SafeShop_Pro_3/4/2002 3:29:20 PM </MerchantReference> 
<TransactionAmount>3200</TransactionAmount> 
<TransactionType>IA_Auth</TransactionType> 
<SafePayRefNr>00010859</SafePayRefNr> 
<TransactionResult>Successful</TransactionResult> 
<TransactionErrorResponse/> 
<LiveTransaction>False</LiveTransaction> 
<HTMLOutput> 
<script language=\"JavaScript\">SSiCanWindow = window.open('http://ican.safeshop.co.za/payment.asp ?SourceName=My Website &MerchantId=0000000000&Amount=61.91 &OrderID=00000000 &ReturnURL=https://secure.safeshop.co.za/Checkout/Checkout_IA_Complete.asp ?strOrderNo=00148847', 'icanwindow', 'top=10,left=10,height=650,width=750, ?location=no, scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,toolbar=no, directories=no,resizable=yes') </script> <input type=hidden name=order value=000000></HTMLOutput> 
</Transactions> 
<RedirectURL>[url]http://www.mywebsite.co.za[/url]</RedirectURL> 
</Safe>";

?> 
<form name="form1" action="https://secure.safeshop.co.za/s2s/SafePay.asp" method="post"> 
<input type="hidden" value="<?php echo $storeID ?>" name="storeID"> 
</form> 
</BODY> 
</HTML> 
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript> 
<!-- 
form1.submit(); 
//--> 
</SCRIPT>