Integrate the Authorize.Net Recurring Billing API with PHP

[Administrator]

This thread is here to discuss the article: [url=http://www.merchant-account-services.org/article/authorize-net-php-recurring-billing-api]Integrate the Authorize.Net Recurring Billing API with PHP[/url]

[gkaplan]

I have been using Authorize.net for several years and use recurring billing. I integrated it with my website a while back. The one serious shortcoming that I have not found a solution to is determining the standing (or status) of any given membership. My website needs to be notified (other than via e-mail) that a credit card is no longer valid, so that it won't let a member into the site. Essentially, I need to integrate the authentication (or authorization) process with Auth.net's recurring billing, but there seems to be no way of just asking "is this account still good?"

Any hints or experience?

[stymiee]

That's one downside to their ARB API: there is no automated way to handle subscriptions that are declined for any reason. One way to do it programmatically is have the emails sent from Authorize.Net sent to a PHP script. It then can parse the email and then suspend the account. It's not too difficult to do but isn't for the weak hearted, either.

[danws6]

Has anyone messed with this before?

http://www.authorize.net/support/CNP/helpfiles/Account/Settings/Transaction_Format_Settings/Transaction_Response_Settings/Silent_Post_URL.htm

It looks like you can set a silent post url to get a response from the gateway if a transaction went through or not.

Unfortunately with my test account I can't login as a merchant to set this field to test it out.

My other problem then is if something happens and the notification never arrives I have no way of sending a call to the gateway to see if the transaction was successful or not. I guess in that case I'd have to log it to their merchant tools to manually verify payments (ugh).

[stymiee]

[quote="danws6"]Has anyone messed with this before?

http://www.authorize.net/support/CNP/helpfiles/Account/Settings/Transaction_Format_Settings/Transaction_Response_Settings/Silent_Post_URL.htm

It looks like you can set a silent post url to get a response from the gateway if a transaction went through or not.

Unfortunately with my test account I can't login as a merchant to set this field to test it out.

My other problem then is if something happens and the notification never arrives I have no way of sending a call to the gateway to see if the transaction was successful or not. I guess in that case I'd have to log it to their merchant tools to manually verify payments (ugh).[/quote]

I haven't heard of that feature before. Does it report the results of automated recurring billing transactions to a URL you specify?

[mikeb]

I've been to the following page, http://www.merchant-account-services.org/article/authorize-net-php-recurring-billing-api

and have downloaded the source for php4.

Now that I have the source code, what do I do with it?

I guess its a silly question, but I have the sample code also and need to know how everything links together?

[stymiee]

You should go to [url=http://www.merchant-account-services.org/article/authorize-net-php-recurring-billing-api/7]page 7[/url] and use the code example there.

[mikeb]

I've copied the code on page 7 to a file and uploaded it via ftp.

But now I see, that isn't enough.

I'm sure I'm forgetting to link something. I'm wondering, What's my next step?

[waghsandip29]

hi

i m using authorized.nets recurring billing in my php application.

i want mail to be received for every transaction on my account.

how to set silent post url?


plz help me

sandeep

[stymiee]

[quote="waghsandip29"]i want mail to be received for every transaction on my account.

how to set silent post url?
[/quote]

Just read this blog post, "[url=http://www.merchant-account-services.org/blog/handling-authorizenet-arb-subscription-failures/]Handling Authorize.Net ARB Subscription Failures[/url]". This can be used for all transactions, not just failed ones.

[waghsandip29]

hi

i have implemented authorized.nets recurring billing in my php website.

the subscription is created properly.

i want to set now the response url, i.e the page which will be called by authorized.net on every payment of the subscription. on this page i will use the response received from authorized.net on this page.

i have my test account only on authorized.net and no secure account. i am not getting that where to set the url for the page which will be called on every payment from authorized.net.

plz help me. i am in the dire need of it.

[waghsandip29]

hi

i have implemented authorized.nets recurring billing in my php website.

the subscription is created properly.

i want to set now the response url, i.e the page which will be called by authorized.net on every payment of the subscription. on this page i will use the response received from authorized.net on this page.

i have my test account only on authorized.net and no secure account. i am not getting that where to set the url for the page which will be called on every payment from authorized.net.

plz help me. i am in the dire need of it.

[tcd12345]

Hello,

I am getting the following error using "AuthnetARB.class.php4" doc:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting '(' in /home/yogamomm/public_html/arb-tst3/AuthnetARB.class.php4 on line 70

Any Ideas why? Let me know if i can provide any other details... Thank you!

[stymiee]

[quote="tcd12345"]Hello,

I am getting the following error using "AuthnetARB.class.php4" doc:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting '(' in /home/yogamomm/public_html/arb-tst3/AuthnetARB.class.php4 on line 70

Any Ideas why? Let me know if i can provide any other details... Thank you![/quote]

Post the line here and I'll take a look at it.

[trent1234]

[quote="stymiee"][quote="tcd12345"]Hello,

I am getting the following error using "AuthnetARB.class.php4" doc:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting '(' in /home/yogamomm/public_html/arb-tst3/AuthnetARB.class.php4 on line 70

Any Ideas why? Let me know if i can provide any other details... Thank you![/quote]

Post the line here and I'll take a look at it.[/quote]

Thanks, my line 70 is:

<name>" . self::LOGIN . "</name>