create/save order before going to paypal

Hello,

I am using the standard paypal payment module and would like to create/save the order in the database before the customer continues to the paypal page.

Ideally this should happen right after the customer clicked on "confirm" of step3, right before it redirects to the paypal payment page.

Any idea on how I could achieve this.

Thanks!

This already occurs internally when the confirmation page loads. The order is viewable using the No Status order state filter in the admin order list

Hi,

thanks for the fast reply.

I didn't realize it doesn't show all orders when opening the orders page.

Is it possible to show ALL orders (with and without a status) when opening the orders page (default view)?

honestly if you kept it that way for a very short while you would want it back OpenCart creates A BUNCH of orders. there are several things that can generate orders that are never completed. You'll drive yourself crazy trying to follow them all.