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phppaypaltracking
TwoDiv
TwoDiv

Reputation: 325

Passing parameter to PayPal and getting it back

In order to sell a product I've created this "funnel" Landing page -> payment page (external, at paypal) -> thank you page (internal)

All is working fine, but I've decided to add an affiliate program. the affiliate program adds a new parameter in the process - which is the tracking of the referrer.

So I've added a function on the landing page that gets the referrer id from the $_GET and sets it as a cookie, now I can identify him if he comes back or on the "thank you" page after payment - but - I don't have any way to associate it with his payment at PayPal.

So, due to the fact that the pay now button is actually a form I thought that there might be a way to add a hidden input field that will pass a parameter to paypal - but, the question remain - how do I get this parameter back so I can track the deal?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2605

Answers (1)

Peter
Peter

Reputation: 228

You can use PayPal's custom variable within your form's HTML code. PayPal will send it back when your payment is completed.

<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="1234" />

Alternatively, you could set the notify_url to give a query string containing your value.

<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="http://example.com/ipn.php?aff=1234" />

Upvotes: 3

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