success= url appended with escape chars

using Version 130406 + s2Member® Pro v130406

All was working fine during testing but now that we have gone live, the payment process is not able to redirect to the specified success= URL.

Payment process itself works fine but on redirect, users get a 404 error because the URL seems to have been appended to the site and characters have been escaped. Below is the URL from the address bar that produces the 404
http://meandmoney.com.au/http%3A%2F%2Fmeandmoney.com.au%2Fpayment-return-page%2F

In paypal api log file, it is shown as below:

‘L_BUTTONVAR3’ => ‘return=http://meandmoney.com.au/?s2member_paypal_return=1&s2member_paypal_return_tra=fnIyOkJnWG01Vk9CQ2RIU1dCS2JwVXhLenNFaHlOY0REdXFTOmNkZTZlOGNkYzM2ZGQ3NzIzZjVlM2U2ODIxYThjMThhfN4ti6JeQ-Haw0aukRQJ0QeaPh_l0bcSydxe8bhJxOv9W7k5Zi7dNGqT0nbruFCx6-AkiQUj3rSOSxBfBhs-TJ10Lg-XWYVLOmnE7Z2BGLMieaFaW-NLRolf3T7-xoFb8TDih62n2u2y7BL0-WyIicrhmJQxRs7cQXn9puk5k2QSJbkH1u1JI3bN_41fHdlbJ3ytgKnM61YSQ1QWgFl6j7Vp7L5u8a7mBXl64XZWg7DNv1yTxZFN7kgQ6TGufA27IqIEI1KkdXAAKdmdIQXDMD6XcRHCFAbi9kVVgcxnH3LzSd3ovJh-43sY7ee7JEo5oJsmO9dvfMUcc8SEjy0Q2Q5PNLPuP806_eUcUXLW4LbrAJOffHe3IQ6LUqmfNBgntA&s2member_paypal_return_success=http%3A%2F%2Fmeandmoney.com.au%2Fpayment-return-page%2F’,

This is the button shortcode being used:

[s2Member-PayPal-Button level="1" ccaps="" desc="Companion for Life / once only fee of $50.00 AUD" ps="companion_pp_style" lc="" cc="AUD" dg="0" ns="1" custom="meandmoney.com.au" ta="0" tp="0" tt="D" ra="0.01" rp="1" rt="L" rr="BN" rrt="" rra="1" image="http://meandmoney.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/join_now_pp_200x49.png" success="http://meandmoney.com.au/payment-return-page/" output="button" /]

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks

Thank you for reporting this important issue.

It looks like there’s something funny going on with your URL encrypting here. Can you try this Shortcode instead and see if it works better for you?

[s2Member-PayPal-Button level="1" ccaps="" desc="Companion for Life / once only fee of $50.00 AUD" ps="companion_pp_style" lc="" cc="AUD" dg="0" ns="1" custom="meandmoney.com.au" ta="0" tp="0" tt="D" ra="0.01" rp="1" rt="L" rr="BN" rrt="" rra="1" image="http://meandmoney.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/join_now_pp_200x49.png" success="/payment-return-page/" output="button" /]

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for that – your modified short code fixes the success redirect issue.

Has something changed re: the success redirect shortcode?

I was going by the backend documentation in Shortcode Attributes (explained) that states the success URL must be a full URL starting with http://

Or could something have changed on our host server that affected the encoding?

Thanks again for the quick response.

Has something changed re: the success redirect shortcode?

I was going by the backend documentation in Shortcode Attributes (explained) that states the success URL must be a full URL starting with http://

Or could something have changed on our host server that affected the encoding?

s2Member’s success attribute has always been able to use this kind of URL for redirection. The information here is valid for both Pro Forms and Buttons:

Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Pro Forms -› Custom Return URLs Upon Success

It’s likely that this is a problem with some encoding on your specific server. It shouldn’t be an issue if this setup works for you, but I might have a developer check it out.

That’s all good – thanks again!