How would i go about this ?

snapper64

Hi Guys,

I am designing a site which requires the following functionality:

Registered users can log in and request a support session, they are then sent to worldpay page where they pay for this session. This then lets the admin of the site know that someone has requested a support session and that it has been paid for.

That is basically it. Any advice would be brilliant. Im not asking anyone to do this for me, merely for some direction.

Thanks,

Charlie

mmilano

hi snapper.. that's a lot for 1 question. if you're interested in learning php, then take it one step at a time.

i think the first step would be to focus on creating a login system. a site that someone can register a username, and login/logout. there's a login tutorial on the codenewbie site in my signature if you needed help getting started on one way you could do that.

there are a lot of things involved in your project and if you don't have a lot of time to spend on learning php, then it's probably cheaper to pay someone to do it. if the goal is to learn how to do all this yourself, then just take it in small steps.

after you get the login stuff down, you could get the worldpay api and start asking questions specifically about that. usually you're going to use a php library like CURL to interface with things like that.

hope this helps.

snapper64

Sorry i didn't mention it previously, but i have already created the login system. I assume you need to register with world pay to get the api. Obviously i am going to register with them but it would be nice to play with the api now.

Thanks for your advice,

Charlie

mmilano

oh ok, from your post i couldn't tell if you knew any php already.

in my experience, you will usually need to have an account setup with any company that provides an API whether it be UPS, Google, or of course a company who deals with money. most of the time they do have test areas you can work with while you debug your apps.

checkout the CURL library and if your server supports it, then use it. look at the examples under curl_setopt() and curl_exec()

if you wanted to play around with it before you get a worldpay account setup, just create a php page that populates some xml (or whatever) with post data.

then create your curl script to send post data and retrieve the text. this is the basic mechanism when dealing with e-commerce like this.

good luck with your project.