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I am working on a mini shopping cart plugin for WordPress with Paypal integration. Its been a while since I worked with paypal – so I ran into trouble. I have a couple of sandbox accounts<\/a> – and the payment goes through<\/strong> without any visible issues. But the IPN’s notify_url was not being called<\/strong> no matter what I did.<\/p>\n And I was not the only guy with the problem – plenty<\/a> of other<\/a> people<\/a> have it too. I managed to solve the issue – but I decided to document the process – for the benefit of the people who fall into the same trap.<\/p>\n Yes, its obvious – but it needs to be said. Make sure the URL you gave as the value of notify_url is a working URL<\/strong>. Sample usage…<\/p>\n <input type=”hidden” name=”notify_url” value=”http:\/\/www.yoursite.com\/cart\/ipn.php” \/><\/p>\n Here ‘http:\/\/www.yoursite.com\/cart\/ipn.php’ is the url – make sure it works<\/strong>! There is an easy way to test it – just go to IPN Testing Environment<\/a> and enter your IPN notify_url<\/strong> there. When you submit the data, you’ll know wether the script is being called or not.<\/p>\n When you make a sandbox account, you have to give a email address. But if you have selected a business account, make sure that you verify that email address<\/strong>. Just login using the given email and go to the home tab. There should be a ‘To do list’<\/strong> to the right side. Make sure you complete all the stuff(usually just 2) there…<\/p>\n When you confirm your email address – remember that its simulated – you don’t have to check the actual email account. Just go to the Test Email page in Paypal sandbox<\/a><\/strong> itself to check the mail.<\/p>\n Once this is done, IPN notify_url worked for me. Hopefully, this will fix your issues as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Make Sure the URL You Specified is Working<\/h2>\n
Verify the Email Address of Sandbox Account<\/h2>\n
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