Online Shop

[NZ_Kiwis]

Hey everyone... I'm in the process of making a online shop. Most of this is easy enough, I've made a online catalogue with a admin area ect ect.

I'm getting a user to create a profile and using cookies and MySQL i'm creating a basket, the basket has a 3 day time limit so a user can come back and pay later ect but they can save their order first.

Now the problem comes when I have finished the order and people want to pay. What is the best way to process a credit card payment via PHP?

[bpat1434]

Paypal... they send variables back through POST that lets you know they paid. It's easy enough to add Paypal integration.

Plus, last time I checked, PHP can't process credit cards (god if it could...) so you have to use a 3rd party. Paypal is probaly the most widely used and secure, there's also CCBill and others. If you google for Credit Card Processors, there should be a slew of them. Most will have the option to send a POST variable back to a php page for you to see whether the payment was successful, or if it was denied.

~Brett