Create an encrytped PayPal button
I must be brain dead. I found this paypal code for sending the items of a shopping cart to paypal. Works great, but one problem. See where it says you should be using an encrypted button? I tried making a new button at paypal, but it always asks me to enter a price.
Important: The example button code shown below is unencrypted for illustrative purposes only. In reality, you must always use encrypted or hosted buttons in your web pages to prevent malicious users from tampering with the code. See Securing Your PayPal Payments Standard Buttons for instructions.
HTML for Passing Individual Item Detail to PayPal
Important: The example button code shown below is unencrypted for illustrative purposes only. In reality, you must always use encrypted or hosted buttons in your web pages to prevent malicious users from tampering with the code. See Securing Your PayPal Payments Standard Buttons for instructions.
HTML for Passing Individual Item Detail to PayPal
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">
<input type="hidden" name="upload" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="seller@dezignerfotos.com">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name_1" value="Item Name 1">
<input type="hidden" name="amount_1" value="1.00">
<input type="hidden" name="shipping_1" value="1.75">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name_2" value="Item Name 2">
<input type="hidden" name="amount_2" value="2.00">
<input type="hidden" name="shipping_2" value="2.50">
<input type="submit" value="PayPal">
</form>
Dave Baldwin
That's right, one Button for each item with a specific price. To use a different price and description each time, you would have to use Paypal Express Checkout which is a pretty complicated procedure involving multiple pages.
ASKER
I have a shopping cart script. I can read the contents, and put together form like the one above. Click the button, and I end up at PayPal with all the individual items listed there. Exactly what I want. My concern is the "Important" selection in my first post. It says you should be using an encrypted button. Do you see the problem?
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OK. It looks like you are saying I have to use the Express Checkout to do this the way I want.
No, you have to use Express Checkout to do it the way that Paypal wants. What you are doing is a whole lot easier than Express Checkout.