[RELEASED] Paypal Advanced (iframe) Integration

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Supported OpenCart Versions:
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All v1.5.x versions (1.4.x support coming soon)


What does it do:
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This contrib adds support for "PAYPAL ADVANCED" payment integration from PayPal.
This is a $5/month credit card processing option from PayPal.
It allows the use of iframes to let the customer stay on your site to pay, while getting the protection of paypal's secure servers.
The process is seamless and customers get to enter card data directly on your site.

Notes:
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At the time of writing, Paypal Advanced it only available in the USA.
Other countries may be able to use their Paypal Pro Hosted alternative which I also have an extension for here:
http://opencartguru.com/paypal-pro-host ... l-solution


Requirements:
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* You will of course need to have a Paypal Advanced Account.

Main features:
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* Paypal only charges $5/month for this service
* Seamless iFrame integration
* No core files overwritten
* PA-DSS Compliant since no sensitive data is collected on your site
* Debug Mode (logs debug info to your system error log for troubleshooting)
* Full support of error handling and logging.
* Supports Sandbox mode

terrynshed wrote:Thanks for all the effort. I will be giving this a try right away.

Quick question. If the customer decided to use the paypal button at the top of the iframe (instead of using their credit card), do they still stay on your site or does it then go to the paypal site in a new window?

I know I can check this once it is up and running, but am very curious.

Thanks.

Terry

stroad4 wrote:This is great news...

Right now I am using Paypal Payments Pro under admin (because I do not see a choice for paypal advanced)... would I just enter the "advanced" credentials into Paypal "Pro" field in opencart admin?

likefinger wrote:I wanted to write this in here as I believe this extension is the only way to use PayPal Advanced in OpenCart (from what I know)... I called PayPal Manager support today, we are getting a lot of orders that charges the same credit card twice or people think the order is voided (but isn't)... So people are paying twice for the same order that only shows up in OpenCart as being paid once. They said it's a "bug" and needs fixed as others have been having this issue.

What I am asking is... are any of you also having this issue AND... at checkout it says CSC is optional... I am not sure if this is where there error is starting but I wanted to ask if everyone else is showing optional or not (if not, what setting did you use?). Thanks!

smashtransit wrote:bought the extension today, thanks. however, i have a question that you may or may not want to or be able to answer...

i'm used to using paypal pro on our other sites, and we can use one paypal account on multiple sites since there's very little info that needs to be entered in paypal itself (when it comes to paypal pro). there are no post-back URLs or anything like that.

when i did all of the paypal advanced setup today (different paypal account, different site, etc.), i saw all of the URLs that one must enter into paypal manager...URLs that obviously go back to pages on one domain.

with this setup, do you know if it's even possible to use one paypal advanced account on multiple domains? i know i can drop it into another site, but all of the post/cancel/etc. URLs will track back to whatever domain links are entered in the setup area for paypal advanced.

the payflow/paypal manager offices are only open monday through friday, and i plan on calling them about it first thing after the weekend. i just figured i'd ask here as well in case you might know.

hopefully that makes some kind of sense. thanks!

Qphoria wrote:As we discussed, there is nothing in their documentation for this. I've asked on the paypal forums but no reply yet.

tdaubs wrote:I'm curious if using Paypal Advanced would negate the need for the merchant using it to become PCI compliant from the CC industry viewpoint. It seems like it would.

JBGood wrote:I am planning to purchase this extension and i was wondering if you had a screenshot of step 5 (payment options).

How are the payment options listed ie: PayPal, Credit Card, Check, etc..?

Thanks!

Qphoria wrote:

tdaubs wrote:I'm curious if using Paypal Advanced would negate the need for the merchant using it to become PCI compliant from the CC industry viewpoint. It seems like it would.

Of course... that is one of the purposes of this system.. since the form is actually on their site, it is secure and you are not required to pass any PCI certifications

Calcite wrote:

Qphoria wrote:

tdaubs wrote:I'm curious if using Paypal Advanced would negate the need for the merchant using it to become PCI compliant from the CC industry viewpoint. It seems like it would.

Of course... that is one of the purposes of this system.. since the form is actually on their site, it is secure and you are not required to pass any PCI certifications

Expect that to change....

Worldpay are now insisting that anyone using their hosted payment pages, even if they only sell online ( i.e not physical or telephone orders) must be PCI compliant.