About: Pam

Darn! Good to know. Keep me posted if you find something else. It’s good to know that it’s not just me!

I would appreciate more assistance in running this down. I know that we are no the only ones dealing with this issue, as there are also support requests for this out on the WP plugin repository for ezPHP.

I found another plugin that works, but it requires that you use short codes to get the actual code processed. I would prefer to use your plugin, of course! ;)

Please note:
* disabling all other plugins
* reverting to a 2011 or 2012 theme
* disabling visual editor

does NOT work

Weird thing is I set up a brand-new WP install with Server Press on my local machine, the plug in works fine.

I ran the server check on my production server where the plugin is NOT working and received the following errors and would appreciate your comments on which items (or if ALL items) might be the culprit:

Server Scan By: s2Member®

The following issues were discovered…

Error[ERROR] Multibyte String Extension
Missing PHP extension. s2Member® needs the mbstring extension for PHP. This will add multibyte support to your installation of PHP, allowing UTF-8 character conversion. Please consult with your web hosting company about this message.

Error[ERROR] Mcrypt/Encryption Extension
Missing Mcrypt extension. s2Member® needs the Mcrypt extension for PHP. This will add encryption support to your installation of PHP, with a variety of block algorithms; such as DES, TripleDES, and Blowfish. Please consult with your web hosting company about this message.

Error[ERROR] GD Image Extension (FreeType Support)
Missing FreeType library for GD Image extension. s2Member® needs the GD Image extension for PHP, with the FreeType library also. This will add image creation support to your installation of PHP, so that images can be generated dynamically. FreeType makes it possible for fonts to be used in image generation. Please consult with your web hosting company about this message.
Notice[NOTICE] WordPress® Memory Limit
AUTO-FIX!dismiss?

Although NOT required, s2Member® recommends that you raise your WordPress® memory limit (please set: WP_MEMORY_LIMIT in /wp-config.php), to at least 64M (i.e. 64 megabytes). Please see: this how-to article. Or consult with your web hosting company about this message. Your current memory limit allows only: 40M

My friend, I already said, I disabled all plugins and went to the 2011 style.

This is a plugin that is referred to all throughout your docs with regard to PHP conditionals.

Cristián and Jason,
This answer does not apply to what’s happening. I am only using the TEXT editor. Please re-read the whole of my post above. (I also said there, “I only use the text editor when editing/saving a post or page with PHP.”

Thank you.

Good to know. Thanks.

Done :-)

I did that, to the best of my ability with out examples to go from. I put together this code:

[s2Member-Pro-PayPal-Form level="0" ccaps="myil" desc="Meeting Your IL" ps="paypal" lc="" cc="USD" dg="0" ns="1" custom="mydomain.com" ta="0" tp="0" tt="D" ra="0.01" rp="1" rt="L" rr="BN" rrt="" rra="2" accept="paypal" accept_via_paypal="paypal" coupon="" accept_coupons="0" default_country_code="" captcha="0" success='http://mydomain.com/meeting-your-il/download-meeting-your-il' /]

When the page displays, this error message is at the top of the form:

You must login before making this purchase.

Which conflicts with the fact that I’m displaying a “register” form below, so I can combine registration and one time payment into one step. What am I doing wrong in the shortcode? Thanks!

Ok, this is using your code, the only changes I made, is that I used a regular PayPal button (Button Code Generator For Independent Custom Capabilities), to change the short code, and there I changed output=”button” to output=”url”.

From this url, I input a $ amount, (32.00)
http://insightfulastrology.tv/word/button-sale/
and get this:
http://insightfulastrology.tv/?x=84&y=10

– do you think its’ because I have WP in a subdirectory and not in the root?

<?php
// Define the donation_button function
function donation_button() {
   echo '<!--raw-->
   <form action="/" method="get"><br />
       <p><label for="paypal-order">Choose the amount you want to donate</label><br />
       <input type="text" id="paypal-order" /><br />
       <span style="font-size: small;">Please make sure to define the amount of cents (e.g. 10.88, 34.00, etc.).</span>
       <p><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_xpressCheckout.gif" style="width:auto; height:auto; border:0;" alt="PayPal" /></p>
   </form>
   <!--/raw-->';
}

// Adds a shortcode for the donation button
add_shortcode('donation-button', 'donation_button');

// Check if the paypal-order variable is set
if(isset($_GET['paypal-order'])) {
   // Makes sure WordPress and all the plugins are loaded before running the forward_to_paypal function
   add_action('wp_loaded', 'forward_to_paypal', 1);

   // Define the forward_to_paypal function
   function forward_to_paypal() {
       // Define a variable and some arrays
       $amount = (float) $_GET['paypal-order'];

       // Check if the chosen value in the $ra array exists
       if(isset($ra[$option])) {
           // If it does exist, then make an s2Member shortcode and make it output an URL, and then save the URL in the $url variable
           $url = do_shortcode('[s2Member-PayPal-Button level="1" ccaps="" desc="a sample description here" ps="paypal" lc="" cc="USD" dg="0" ns="1" custom="insightfulastrology.tv" ta="0" tp="0" tt="D" ra="' . $option . '" rp="1" rt="L" rr="BN" rrt="" rra="1" image="default" output="url" /] ');

           // Redirect user to the resulting shortcode URL
           header('Location: ' . $url);
       }

       // Else, just redirect to the page the user was in
       header('Location: ' . $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
   }
}

You are so kind to help me with this! I’m sure I will use it over and over again once I get it. I understand each peice, but just not how it all fits together.

Here’s my hack, based on your donation hack, my own comments added // after yours//.

<?php
// Define the donation_button function// I've added a drop down list to select one from a list of 12, the values being the CCAPs
function video_button() {
    echo '<!--raw-->
    <form action="/" method="get"><br />
        <p><label for="paypal-order">Select your Videos</label><br />
		<select id=video1 name="video1">
<option value="aries2013">Aries</option>
<option value="taurus2013">Taurus</option>
<option value="gemini2013">Gemini</option>
<option value="cancer2013">Cancer</option>
<option value="leo2013">Leo</option>
<option value="virgo2013">Virgo</option>
<option value="libra2013">Libra</option>
<option value="scorpio2013">Scorpio</option>
<option value="sagittarius2013">Sagittarius</option>
<option value="capricorn2013">Capricorn</option>
<option value="aquarius2013">Aquarius</option>
<option value="pisces2013">Pisces</option>
</select>:<br />
       
        <p><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_xpressCheckout.gif" style="width:auto; height:auto; border:0;" alt="PayPal" /></p>
    </form>
    <!--/raw-->';
}
 
// Adds a shortcode for the donation button // where I have changed the name to video-button
add_shortcode('video-button', 'video_button');
 
// Check if the paypal-order variable is set
if(isset($_GET['paypal-order'])) {
    // Makes sure WordPress and all the plugins are loaded before running the forward_to_paypal function
    add_action('wp_loaded', 'forward_to_paypal', 1);
 
    // Define the forward_to_paypal function
    function forward_to_paypal() {
        // Define a variable and some arrays
        $video1 = (float) $_GET['paypal-order'];
 
        // Check if the chosen value in the $ra array exists
        if(isset($cccaps[$option])) {
            // If it does exist, then make an s2Member shortcode and make it output an URL, and then save the URL in the $url variable// this was the code created in my back end using Pro Form Generator For Independent Custom Capabilities
		  $url = do_shortcode('[s2Member-Pro-PayPal-Form level="*" ccaps="' . $option . '" desc="2013 Year Ahead Videos" ps="paypal" lc="" cc="USD" dg="0" ns="1" custom="insightfulastrology.tv/word" ra="0.01" rp="1" rt="L" rr="BN" accept="paypal,visa,mastercard,amex,discover,maestro,solo" accept_via_paypal="paypal" coupon="" accept_coupons="0" default_country_code="" output="url" captcha="0" /]  ');
       // Redirect user to the resulting shortcode URL
            header('Location: ' . $url);
        }
 
        // Else, just redirect to the page the user was in
        header('Location: ' . $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
    }
}

Here’s the test post I made with the short code “video-button” short code: http://insightfulastrology.tv/word/button-sale/

Location of the hack is http://insightfulastrology.tv/word/wp-content/mu-plugins/video-button.php

Please note the ROOT of this WP installation is http://insightfulastrology.tv/word/ This is our test site, not her real, live site.

Ok, yes, I’m starting to piece it all together, thank you.

I took your donation code, and changed it to match my own product, changing the “amount” variable to a CCAPS variable instead, and changing the button short code to my own created, [s2Member-Pro-PayPal-Form level=”*”…etc etc.

I’m unclear on what URL to send the output to, for ” Another important thing, change the output value to url,
otherwise you won’t be able to redrect the user.” When I click the button, it looks great, but it only sends me to my own site. Can you clarify what I need to do to actually get the short code to send it to PayPal and not my own site?

thanks!

Thank you so much for your thorough reply.

I know PHP enough to take some code and change it to my needs, and troubleshoot, but not to write from scratch.

Do you know of an example I could modify?

Thanks!!!!

What is the field for then?

How does the user get demoted from a paying member (“1”) to a regular user (“0”) ? And how does this work with Mail Chimp? This membership is includes access to a newsletter for paying members only.