Re: This is a total php newbie question [message #175681 is a reply to message #175629] |
Tue, 18 October 2011 22:42 |
sheldonlg
Messages: 166 Registered: September 2010
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On 10/13/2011 8:58 PM, justaguy wrote:
> Sorry, Jerry, you missed my question.
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> Send the form to PayPay is to interface with PayPal's API
> with the form's ACTION line.
> And since it's an API, PayPal has a way to let the user click on
> "Return to bla bla".
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> In essence, the task will accomplish two things:
> A) link the user/buyer to PayPal to make a payment
> B) back to my site with a special URL that give the buyer the info
> including the software download link (but this link would expire in 24
> hours).
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> Absolutely no need whatsoever with a database for this, it would be
> totally overkill.
Here is a scenario:
1 - User does this and gets a page with a link to a download which does
the download.
2 - He doesn't click the that link on that page until 25 hours later.
Note, he has not closed his browser or that page.
How are you going to know that more than 24 hours have passed? You need
to do something that will be similar to a timed logout.
Something to think about.
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Shelly
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