Paypal Express – combine registration and pay

In reference to this post , I’m trying to combine registration and payment using Paypal express only. Everything works except when completed, the user’s role is not elevated (they are registered as level 0 free subscriber). Here is my shortcode:

[s2Member-Pro-PayPal-Form level="2" ccaps="" desc="$2.63 USD / One Time ( for 1 month access, non-recurring )" ps="SALearners" lc="" cc="USD" dg="0" ns="1" custom="salearnerslicense.co.za" ta="0" tp="0" tt="D" ra="0.1" rp="1" rt="M" rr="BN" rrt="" rra="2" accept="paypal" accept_via_paypal="paypal" coupon="" accept_coupons="0" default_country_code="" captcha="0" success="/thank-you-purchase/"/]

Thanks

Hi Alex,

Things such as this are usually caused by an improper setup of PayPal IPN. Can you double-check that everything is set up as stated in Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› PayPal® IPN Integration?

No, the IPN url is set in my Paypal account. Here is the IPN log:

PHP v5.3.19 :: WordPress® v114 :: s2Member® v121213 :: s2Member® Pro v121213
Memory 57.76 MB :: Real Memory 58.75 MB :: Peak Memory 58.11 MB :: Real Peak Memory 58.75 MB
salearnerslicense.co.za/?s2member_paypal_notify=1&s2member_paypal_proxy=paypal&s2member_paypal_proxy_use=pro-emails&s2member_paypal_proxy_verification=e6faea3ef6b120a043c76b59f2da4997&s2member_paypal_proxy_return_url=%2Fthank-you-purchase%2F
User-Agent: WordPress/365; http://salearnerslicense.co.za
array (
  'txn_type' => 'web_accept',
  'txn_id' => '4FB72799UP171363X',
  'custom' => 'salearnerslicense.co.za',
  'mc_gross' => '0.10',
  'mc_currency' => 'USD',
  'tax' => '0.00',
  'payer_email' => 'blindlemonsam+65@gmail.com',
  'first_name' => 'SamcheckMCAPI',
  'last_name' => 'Moore',
  'option_name1' => 'Originating Domain',
  'option_selection1' => 'salearnerslicense.co.za',
  'option_name2' => 'Customer IP Address',
  'option_selection2' => '141.101.98.191',
  'item_name' => '$2.63 USD / One Time ( for 1 month access, non-recurring )',
  'item_number' => '2::1 M',
  'proxy_verified' => 'paypal',
  's2member_log' => 
  array (
    0 => 'IPN received on: Sat Dec 22, 2012 3:17:03 pm UTC',
    1 => 's2Member POST vars verified with a Proxy Key',
    2 => 's2Member originating domain ( `$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]` ) validated.',
    3 => 's2Member `txn_type` identified as ( `web_accept|subscr_signup` ).',
    4 => 's2Member `txn_type` identified as ( `web_accept|subscr_signup` ) w/o update vars.',
    5 => 'Signup Confirmation Email sent to: "SamcheckMCAPI Moore" <blindlemonsam+65@gmail.com>.',
    6 => 'Storing Signup Tracking Codes into a Transient Queue. These will be processed on-site.',
    7 => 'Subscr. Return ( `modification=0` ), a Proxy Return URL is ready.',
    8 => 'User exists. Handling `payment` for Subscription via ( `web_accept` ).',
    9 => 'Payment Notification Emails have been processed.',
    10 => 'Storing IPN signup vars now. These are associated with a User\'s account record; for future reference.',
  ),
  'subscr_gateway' => 'paypal',
  'subscr_id' => '4FB72799UP171363X',
  'eotper' => '1 M',
  'ccaps' => '',
  'level' => '2',
  'ip' => '141.101.98.191',
  'period1' => '0 D',
  'mc_amount1' => '0.00',
  'period3' => '1 M',
  'mc_amount3' => '0.10',
  'initial_term' => '0 D',
  'initial' => '0.10',
  'regular' => '0.10',
  'regular_term' => '1 M',
  'recurring' => '0',
  's2member_paypal_proxy_return_url' => '/thank-you-purchase/',
  's2member_paypal_proxy' => 'paypal',
  's2member_paypal_proxy_use' => 'pro-emails',
  's2member_paypal_proxy_verification' => 'e6faea3ef6b120a043c76b59f2da4997',
)

Hi Alex,

Thanks for the logs. However, we’ll need to see your PDT logs to know what went wrong. Would you mind posting those?

Not sure where to find the PDT logs. Are they paypal-rtn or paypal-api?

Alex,

Not sure where to find the PDT logs. Are they paypal-rtn or paypal-api?

paypal-rtn

Just made a test payment/registration. Here’s the last 3 from paypal-rtn:

PHP v5.3.18 :: WordPress® v3.4.2 :: s2Member® v121023 :: s2Member® Pro v121023
Memory 40.01 MB :: Real Memory 40.25 MB :: Peak Memory 40.24 MB :: Real Peak Memory 40.50 MB
salearnerslicense.co.za/?s2member_paypal_return=1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)
array (
  'subscr_gateway' => 'paypal',
  's2member_log' => 
  array (
    0 => 'No Return-Data. Customer must wait for Email Confirmation.',
    1 => 'Redirecting Customer to the Home Page. Customer must wait for Email Confirmation.',
    2 => 'Note. This can sometimes happen when/if you are offering a free Trial Period. There are times when a Payment Gateway will NOT supply s2Member with any data immediately after checkout. When/if this happens, s2Member must process the transaction via IPN only ( i.e. behind-the-scene ), and the Customer must wait for Email Confirmation in these cases.',
    3 => 'array (
  \'s2member_paypal_return\' => \'1\',
)',
  ),
)

PHP v5.3.18 :: WordPress® v3.4.2 :: s2Member® v121023 :: s2Member® Pro v121023
Memory 40.39 MB :: Real Memory 40.75 MB :: Peak Memory 40.71 MB :: Real Peak Memory 40.75 MB
salearnerslicense.co.za/?s2member_paypal_return=1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)
array (
  'subscr_gateway' => 'paypal',
  's2member_log' => 
  array (
    0 => 'No Return-Data. Customer must wait for Email Confirmation.',
    1 => 'Redirecting Customer to the Home Page. Customer must wait for Email Confirmation.',
    2 => 'Note. This can sometimes happen when/if you are offering a free Trial Period. There are times when a Payment Gateway will NOT supply s2Member with any data immediately after checkout. When/if this happens, s2Member must process the transaction via IPN only ( i.e. behind-the-scene ), and the Customer must wait for Email Confirmation in these cases.',
    3 => 'array (
  \'s2member_paypal_return\' => \'1\',
)',
  ),
)

PHP v5.3.19 :: WordPress® v162 :: s2Member® v121213 :: s2Member® Pro v121213
Memory 52.22 MB :: Real Memory 52.75 MB :: Peak Memory 52.45 MB :: Real Peak Memory 52.75 MB
salearnerslicense.co.za/?s2member_paypal_return=1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)
array (
  'subscr_gateway' => 'paypal',
  's2member_log' => 
  array (
    0 => 'No Return-Data. Customer must wait for Email Confirmation.',
    1 => 'Redirecting Customer to the Home Page. Customer must wait for Email Confirmation.',
    2 => 'Note. This can sometimes happen when/if you are offering a free Trial Period. There are times when a Payment Gateway will NOT supply s2Member with any data immediately after checkout. When/if this happens, s2Member must process the transaction via IPN only ( i.e. behind-the-scene ), and the Customer must wait for Email Confirmation in these cases.',
    3 => 'array (
  \'s2member_paypal_return\' => \'1\',
)',
  ),
)

Thanks,

Hi Alex,

The first thing I notice is that s2Member is not actually getting any data from PayPal’s PDT. Are you getting emails from s2Member when you do these tests? You should get an email that will upgrade you.

No upgrade email. Two emails, 1 with username and password and the other like this:

Thanks Sam66! Your membership has been approved.

$2.63 USD / One Time ( for 1 month access, non-recurring )

Subscr. ID: 3UX94994VD5181738
Charges today: $0.10
Recurring charges: $0 / non-recurring

Your Username/Password will arrive shortly, in a separate email. If you have any trouble, please feel free to contact us.

Best Regards,
SA Learners License

The form results in a successful registration and also provides a “Paid Subscr. ID” to confirm purchase but does not elevate the role of the user from “Subscriber”.

Alex,

It looks like the problem is with your PayPal setup. Make sure you have Payment Data Transfer is set to ON, just having Auto Return on with cause s2Member not to recieve the needed info. The URL that PayPal is sending users to your site (salearnerslicense.co.za/?s2member_paypal_return=1) has none of the variables that should be appended to the end, which is causing the issue. This isn’t something that’s available to change from with s2Member and you must do it within PayPal.