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I'm trying to first create a stripe account, then create the subscription and customer via the created account ID, and then ultimately link the two to create a 'connected' subscriber account on stripe and for it to appear under my connected accounts in my dashboard. So far the script is failing.


// Include Stripe PHP library
require_once 'stripe-php/init.php';

// Set API key
\Stripe\Stripe::setApiKey($STRIPE_API_KEY);

	// Create Account
try {
	$stripe = \Stripe\Account::create(array(
		"email" => $email,
		"country"  => "US",
        "type"  => "custom",
        'capabilities' => [
        'card_payments' => ['requested' => true],
        'transfers' => ['requested' => true],
    ],
	));

// Add customer to stripe
try {
	$customer = \Stripe\Customer::create(array(
		"email" => $email,
		"source"  => $token
    ), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));

}catch(Exception $e) {
    $api_error = $e->getMessage();
}

if(empty($api_error) && $customer){

	// Convert price to cents
	$priceCents = round($planPrice*100);

	// Create a plan
	try {
		$plan = \Stripe\Plan::create(array(
			"product" => [
				"name" => $planName
			],
			"amount" => $priceCents,
			"currency" => $currency,
			"interval" => $planInterval,
			"interval_count" => 1
    ), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));

	}catch(Exception $e) {
		$api_error = $e->getMessage();
	}


	if(empty($api_error) && $plan){
		// Creates a new subscription
		try {


        $subscription = \Stripe\Subscription::create(array(
        "customer" => $customer->id,
        "items" => ["plan" => $plan->id]
), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));

		}catch(Exception $e) {
			$api_error = $e->getMessage();
		}

        echo $api_error;

crawdidly So far the script is failing.

Any errors (including checking the PHP error log)?

      I edited the code on a few items, but overall the page breaks, 500 error page. I can't see it. The query portion is fine as I tried taking that out, but still had error.

      
<?php session_start();
include 'config.php';

// Get user ID from current SESSION
$userID = $_SESSION["memberid"];
$payment_id = $statusMsg = $api_error = '';
$ordStatus = 'error';

// Check whether stripe token is not empty
if(!empty($_POST['subscr_plan']) && (!empty($_POST['stripeToken']))){

// Retrieve stripe token and user info from the submitted form data
$token  = $_POST['stripeToken'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];

// Plan info
$planID = $_POST['subscr_plan'];
$planInfo = $plans['$planID'];
$planName = $planInfo['name'];
$planPrice = $planInfo['price'];
$planInterval = $planInfo['interval'];

// Include Stripe PHP library
require_once 'stripe-php/init.php';

// Set API key
\Stripe\Stripe::setApiKey($STRIPE_API_KEY);

	// Create Account
try {
	$stripe = \Stripe\Account::create(array(
		"email" => $email,
		"country"  => "US",
        "type"  => "custom",
        'capabilities' => [
        'card_payments' => ['requested' => true],
        'transfers' => ['requested' => true],
    ],
	), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));

// Add customer to stripe
try {
	$customer = \Stripe\Customer::create(array(
		"email" => $email,
		"source"  => $token
    ), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));

}catch(Exception $e) {
    $api_error = $e->getMessage();
}

if(empty($api_error) && ($customer)){

	// Convert price to cents
	$priceCents = round($planPrice*100);

	// Create a plan
	try {
		$plan = \Stripe\Plan::create(array(
			"product" => [
				"name" => $planName
			],
			"amount" => $priceCents,
			"currency" => $currency,
			"interval" => $planInterval,
			"interval_count" => 1
    ), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));

	}catch(Exception $e) {
		$api_error = $e->getMessage();
	}

	if(empty($api_error) && ($plan)){
		// Creates a new subscription
		try {


        $subscription = \Stripe\Subscription::create(array(
        "customer" => $customer->id,
        "items" => ["plan" => $plan->id]
), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));

		}catch(Exception $e) {
			$api_error = $e->getMessage();
		}

    	if(empty($api_error) && ($subscription)){
			// Retrieve subscription data
			$subsData = $subscription->jsonSerialize();

			// Check whether the subscription activation is successful
			if($subsData['status'] == 'active'){
				// Subscription info
				$subscrID = $subsData['id'];
				$custID = $subsData['customer'];
				$planID = $subsData['plan']['id'];
				$planAmount = ($subsData['plan']['amount']/100);
				$planCurrency = $subsData['plan']['currency'];
				$planinterval = $subsData['plan']['interval'];
				$planIntervalCount = $subsData['plan']['interval_count'];
				$created = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $subsData['created']);
				$current_period_start = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $subsData['current_period_start']);
				$current_period_end = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $subsData['current_period_end']);
				$status = $subsData['status'];

				// Include database connection file
				include '../includes/dbconnect.php';

				// Insert transaction data into the database
				$sql = "INSERT INTO user_subscriptions(user_id,stripe_subscription_id,stripe_customer_id,stripe_plan_id,plan_amount,plan_amount_currency,plan_interval,plan_interval_count,payer_email,created,plan_period_start,plan_period_end,status) VALUES('".$userID."','".$subscrID."','".$custID."','".$planID."','".$planAmount."','".$planCurrency."','".$planinterval."','".$planIntervalCount."','".$email."','".$created."','".$current_period_start."','".$current_period_end."','".$status."')";
				$insert = $db->query($sql);

				// Update subscription id in the users table
				if($insert && !empty($userID)){
					$subscription_id = $db->insert_id;
					$update = $db->query("UPDATE steam_contributors SET subscription_id = {$subscription_id} WHERE memberid = {$userID}");
				}

				$ordStatus = 'success';
				$statusMsg = 'Your Subscription Payment has been Successful!';
			}else{
				$statusMsg = "Subscription activation failed!";
			}
		}else{
			$statusMsg = "Subscription creation failed! ".$api_error;
		}
	}else{
		$statusMsg = "Plan creation failed! ".$api_error;
	}
}else{
    $statusMsg = "Invalid card details! $api_error";
}
}else{
	$statusMsg = "Error on form submission, please try again.";
}
?>

        Stick this at the top before anything else gets processed:

        <?php
ini_set('display_errors', true); // set to false in production
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// rest of script . . .

        Then hopefully you'll at least see whatever errors/exceptions/warnings are happening.

          Well, my editor right away highlighted some syntax issues. Here's a stab at fixing them. However, all that nesting of if/else blocks is a strong "code smell" that you need to modularize things by at least putting a lot of the atomic bits of functionality into (well named) functions, so that you don't have that long, intricate, multiple-layered tangle of code. 😉 (started by just using one try/catch block to rule them all.)

          <?php
ini_set('display_errors', true); // set to false in production
error_reporting(E_ALL);
session_start();
include 'config.php';
// Get user ID from current SESSION
$userID = $_SESSION["memberid"];
$payment_id = $statusMsg = $api_error = '';
$ordStatus = 'error';
try {
    // Check whether stripe token is not empty
    if(!empty($_POST['subscr_plan']) && (!empty($_POST['stripeToken']))){
        // Retrieve stripe token and user info from the submitted form data
        $token  = $_POST['stripeToken'];
        $name = $_POST['name'];
        $email = $_POST['email'];
        // Plan info
        $planID = $_POST['subscr_plan'];
        $planInfo = $plans['$planID'];
        $planName = $planInfo['name'];
        $planPrice = $planInfo['price'];
        $planInterval = $planInfo['interval'];
        // Include Stripe PHP library
        require_once 'stripe-php/init.php';
        // Set API key
        \Stripe\Stripe::setApiKey($STRIPE_API_KEY);
        // Create Account
        $stripe = \Stripe\Account::create(array(
            "email" => $email,
            "country"  => "US",
            "type"  => "custom",
            'capabilities' => [
            'card_payments' => ['requested' => true],
            'transfers' => ['requested' => true],
        ],
        ), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));
    // Add customer to stripe
        $customer = \Stripe\Customer::create(array(
            "email" => $email,
            "source"  => $token
        ), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));
        if(empty($api_error) && ($customer)){
            // Convert price to cents
            $priceCents = round($planPrice*100);
            // Create a plan
                $plan = \Stripe\Plan::create(array(
                    "product" => [
                        "name" => $planName
                    ],
                    "amount" => $priceCents,
                    "currency" => $currency,
                    "interval" => $planInterval,
                    "interval_count" => 1
            ), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));
            if(empty($api_error) && ($plan)){
                // Creates a new subscription
                $subscription = \Stripe\Subscription::create(array(
                "customer" => $customer->id,
                "items" => ["plan" => $plan->id]
        ), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));
                if(empty($api_error) && ($subscription)){
                    // Retrieve subscription data
                    $subsData = $subscription->jsonSerialize();
                    // Check whether the subscription activation is successful
                    if($subsData['status'] == 'active'){
                        // Subscription info
                        $subscrID = $subsData['id'];
                        $custID = $subsData['customer'];
                        $planID = $subsData['plan']['id'];
                        $planAmount = ($subsData['plan']['amount']/100);
                        $planCurrency = $subsData['plan']['currency'];
                        $planinterval = $subsData['plan']['interval'];
                        $planIntervalCount = $subsData['plan']['interval_count'];
                        $created = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $subsData['created']);
                        $current_period_start = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $subsData['current_period_start']);
                        $current_period_end = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $subsData['current_period_end']);
                        $status = $subsData['status'];
                        // Include database connection file
                        include '../includes/dbconnect.php';
                        // Insert transaction data into the database
                        $sql = "INSERT INTO user_subscriptions(user_id,stripe_subscription_id,stripe_customer_id,stripe_plan_id,plan_amount,plan_amount_currency,plan_interval,plan_interval_count,payer_email,created,plan_period_start,plan_period_end,status) VALUES('".$userID."','".$subscrID."','".$custID."','".$planID."','".$planAmount."','".$planCurrency."','".$planinterval."','".$planIntervalCount."','".$email."','".$created."','".$current_period_start."','".$current_period_end."','".$status."')";
                        $insert = $db->query($sql);
                        // Update subscription id in the users table
                        if($insert && !empty($userID)){
                            $subscription_id = $db->insert_id;
                            $update = $db->query("UPDATE steam_contributors SET subscription_id = {$subscription_id} WHERE memberid = {$userID}");
                        }
                        $ordStatus = 'success';
                        $statusMsg = 'Your Subscription Payment has been Successful!';
                    }else{
                        $statusMsg = "Subscription activation failed!";
                    }
                }else{
                    $statusMsg = "Subscription creation failed! ".$api_error;
                }
            }else{
                $statusMsg = "Plan creation failed! ".$api_error;
            }
        }else{
            $statusMsg = "Invalid card details! $api_error";
        }
    }else{
        $statusMsg = "Error on form submission, please try again.";
    } 
} catch(Exception $e) {
    $api_error = $e->getMessage();
}

            That appears to have kept it from breaking, I'm able to view errors now.

            Notice: Undefined variable: stripe in /home/dh_t352um/steamn.net/subscription/payment.php on line 36
Notice: Trying to get property 'id' of non-object in /home/dh_t352um/steamn.net/subscription/payment.php on line 36.

            I removed the 'stripe_account = $stripe => id' array after the first call to create the account and above error disappeared. After checking my dashboard, it did create a connected account however it's not creating the subscription like it did previously. Does anyone have experience with this? It's restricted so perhaps I need to supply the onboarding process before I can actually make a subscription charge.

            https://stripe.com/docs/connect/subscriptions
            https://stripe.com/docs/connect/custom-accounts

                      $stripe = \Stripe\Account::create(array(
                "email" => $email,
                "country"  => "US",
        "type"  => "custom",
        'capabilities' => [
        'card_payments' => ['requested' => true],
        'transfers' => ['requested' => true],
    ],
        ), array("stripe_account" => $stripe->id));

              Which looks weird because to construct the variable in $stripe it needs a property (id) from the very object that hasn't been constructed yet.

              Stripe's own documentation for creating an account looks a bit different:

              $stripe = new \Stripe\StripeClient(
  'sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc'
);
$stripe->accounts->create([
  'type' => 'custom',
  'country' => 'US',
  'email' => 'jenny.rosen@example.com',
  'capabilities' => [
    'card_payments' => ['requested' => true],
    'transfers' => ['requested' => true],
  ],
]);

              Except the API key would really come from \Stripe\Stripe::getApiKey(), and you'd put the return value (an account object) into a variable.

              That's all I got from a couple of minutes of looking at the Stripe documentation.

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