"curl" scripting in credit card merchant not working.

[Volitics]

Hello.

I'm trying to get a credit card processing script to work. It's with the payQuake or Merchant Partners system.

It's suposed to process the credit card transaction without ever having to leave my web site (if I point the form to the quicksale.php script - like it's done below).

What its doing is it will run for a few minutes then output "No Response" (the first part of the if clause below).

Merchant Partners or payQuake's technical support is not too good. It appears that they assume that everyone already knows how to integrate their software.

Does anybody see what I'm doing wrong?

// This is the form where the user inputs their information.
<form method="post" action="https://www.mydomain.com/quicksale.php">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="ns_quicksale_cc">
<input type="hidden" name="acctid" value="TEST0">
<!-- commented out
<input type="hidden" name="usepost" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="Accepturl" value="http://thebank.com/cgi-bin/test.cgi">
<input type="hidden" name="Accepturl" value="http://thebank.com/cgi-bin/showresult.cgi">
<input type="hidden" name="Declineurl" value="http://thebank.com/cgi-bin/showresult.cgi">
-->
<input type="hidden" name="Accepturl" value="http://www.mydomain.com/secure/AcceptURL.php">
<input type="hidden" name="Declineurl" value="http://www.mydomain.com/secure/DeclineURL.php">
<input type="hidden" name="emailfrom" value="[e-mail]">
<input type="hidden" name="emailsubject"  value="Transaction Receipt">
<input type="hidden" name="emailtext" value="Thank you for your order!">
<input type="text" name="amount" value="1.00" size="6" maxlength="6">
<input type="text" name="ccname" value="Cocomo Joe">
<input type="text" name="ccnum" value="5454545454545454">
<select name="expmon" size="1">
 <option value="12">12</option>
 ...
 <select name="expyear" size="1">
 <option value="2005">2005</option>
 ...
</form>


//Here's the quicksale.php script that I'm using:
// (this script is provided by payQuake)

  $url = 'https://thebank.com/cgi-bin/trans.cgi';
  $params = "action=ns_quicksale_cc" . "&" .
            "acctid=TEST0" . "&" .
            "amount=1.00" . "&" .
            "ccname=Tony Test" . "&" .
            "ccnum=5454545454545454" . "&" .
            "expmon=09" . "&" .
            "expyear=2008";

  $ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$params);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST,  2);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);

  $result=curl_exec ($ch);
  curl_close ($ch);

  if ($result == "") {
     echo("No Response.\n"); // It outputs this every time.
     exit;
  } else {
     $pieces = explode("\r\n", $result);
echo $pieces[0];
echo $pieces[1];
     exit;
  }

I've tried setting CURLOPT_POST to 0 and commenting out the usepost and
it won't work.

I've tried having CURLOPT_POST set to 1 (like above) and un-commenting
usepost and it won't work.

What the script above does is echo "No Response." every time.

Thanks.

[drew010]

try adding
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);

then echo out $result before you check. see whats coming back if anything.

[Volitics]

Thanks for responding. I just tried it. The browser just keeps running.

I peared down the input form. According to the manual payQuake provided the input fields below are the ones that are required:

<form method="post" action="https://www.mydomain.com/quicksale.php">
   <input type="hidden" name="action" value="ns_quicksale_cc">
   <input type="hidden" name="acctid" value="TEST0">
   <input type="text" name="amount" value="1.00" size="6" maxlength="6">
   <input type="text" name="ccname" value="Cocomo Joe">
   <input type="text" name="ccnum" value="5454545454545454">
   <input type="text" name="expmon" value="12">
   <input type="text" name="expyear" value="2005">
   <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Process Order">
</form>


// quicksale.php script

// inserted the variables $action, $accid... to receive vars from form above.
   $url = 'https://trans.atsbank.com/cgi-bin/trans.cgi';
   $params = "action=$action" . "&" .
             "acctid=$acctid" . "&" .
             "amount=$amount" . "&" .
             "ccname=$ccname" . "&" .
             "ccnum=$ccnum" . "&" .
             "expmon=$expmon" . "&" .
             "expyear=$expyear";

   $ch = curl_init();
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$params);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST,  2);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1); // added per suggestion.
   $result=curl_exec ($ch);
   curl_close ($ch);
   echo $result; 

   /*if ($result == "") {
      echo("No Response.\n");
      exit;
   } else {
      //echo("$result");
      $pieces = explode("\r\n", $result);
	echo $pieces[0]; // piece1
	echo $pieces[1]; // piece2
      exit;
   }*/

It still won't work.

[drew010]

have you checked the post string, made sure its all proper..

[Volitics]

Yep.

If I echo $params and blank out the rest of the quicksale.php script it outputs this:

action=ns_quicksale_cc&acctid=TEST0&amount=1.00&ccname=CocomoJoe&ccnum=5454545454545454&expmon=12&expyear=2005

[macarrier]

Hello!

I'm new around this forum and Volitics posted my exact problem. Was wondering if anything came out of your experience.

[Volitics]

Hello macarrier;

It's been a few weeks since I've tinkered with the problem. Right now I'm just processing the transactions manually (actually I've not yet had any transactions).

I came to a conclusion. The programmers at payQuake are a bunch of idiots. For example, one of their so-called programmers told me that I needed to install a "get form" to receive the information that is sent back from the payQuake web site. I know the difference between "get" and "post" when using a form to send information but I never even heard of a "get form" (to receive information).

One of their other programmers responded to an email. I sent him a copy of the script (like the ones above) that I was trying to get to work. He sent me an exact copy of the very same script that I had sent him and said that he had made changes to it and indicated that it ought to then work. Please excuse my terminology but I'm still a little bit irked - the guy was just a wise crack it seemed.

payQuake is cheaper. It's a lesson for me. You get what you pay for.

If you're using the payQuake service or one of their affiliates it could very well be that the problem is on the payQuake end.

Hope this helps.

[hemachandran_k]

hi u r code is working fine check for the curl configuration .
This is the out put i got

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:47:58 GMT Server: Apache Transfer-Encoding: chunked Content-Type: text/html

Accepted=TEST
historyid=50117749
orderid=39841148

HTTP/1.1 200 OKDate: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:47:58 GMT

[execute]

Hey, i know the curl should work and all. But im also wondering about the appropriate processor. I found paypal charges 20$ a month for me to use a form to submit CC info, and 90% of the gateways out there charge something like a monthly fee, what i want is a credit card processor, WITHOUT fees except for the .30$ per transaction and 2.5% or whatever, like a rate, thats ok, i just don't wanna pay a monthly fee or purchase anything.

I found authorize.net to do everything for free, and many merchants affiliated with them but they all charge money, anyone know a credit card processor that doesn't charge anything?

I looked at payquake, but it charges a lot of stuff.

[execute]

i guess there is none, every place i email they want a "monthly statement" even though they say no hidden fees.