8ctopus / laravel-paypal-ipn
Paypal IPN class for Laravel
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Requires
- php: >=7.4
Requires (Dev)
- friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.8
- phpmd/phpmd: ^2.13
- phpstan/phpstan: ^1.9
This package is auto-updated.
Last update: 2025-10-25 13:37:07 UTC
README
This Package is a detached fork of
https://github.com/sh0umik/Laravel5-PaypalIPN
add this to your "require" in composer.json
"8ctopus/laravel-paypal-ipn": "1.0.*"
Use the PaypalIPNListener class in your PHP IPN script to handle the encoding of POST data, post back to PayPal, and parsing of the response from PayPal.
Service for Laravel
'Oct8pus\PaypalIPN\PaypalIPNServiceProvider',
Use case
use Oct8pus\PaypalIPN\PaypalIPNListener; public function paypalIpn() { $ipn = new PaypalIPNListener(); $ipn->use_sandbox = true; $verified = $ipn->processIpn(); $report = $ipn->getTextReport(); Log::info("-----new payment-----"); Log::info($report); if ($verified) { if ($_POST['address_status'] == 'confirmed') { // Check outh POST variable and insert your logic here Log::info("payment verified and inserted to db"); } } else { Log::info("Some thing went wrong in the payment !"); } }
Features
- Switch between live and sandbox by setting the use_sandboxproperty.
- Supports both secure SSL and plain HTTP transactions by setting the use_sslproperty (SSL is recommended).
- Supports both cURL and fsockopen network libraries by setting the use_curlproperty (cURL is recommended).
- Verifies an HTTP "200" response status code from the PayPal server.
- Get detailed plain text reports of the entire IPN using the getTextReport()method for use in emails and logs to administrators.
- Throws various exceptions to differentiate between common errors in code or server configuration versus invalid IPN responses.
Getting Started
This code is intended for web developers. You should understand how the IPN process works conceptually and you should understand when and why you would be using IPN. Reading the PayPal Instant Payment Notification Guide is a good place to start.
You should also have a PayPal Sandbox Account with a test buyer account and a test seller account. When logged into your sandbox account there is an IPN simulator under the 'Test Tools' menu which you can used to test your IPN listener.
Once you have your sandbox account setup, you simply create a PHP script that
will be your IPN listener. In that script, use the IpnListener() class as shown
below. For a more thoroughly documented example, take a look at the
example/ipn.php script in the source code.
Documentation
Documentation has not been generated yet, but, there are phpDocumentor style
docstrings (comments) throughout ipnlistener.php which explain the important
public properties and methods.
I have also written a more in-depth IPN tutorial on my blog: PayPal IPN with PHP
Known Issues
Problem
The processIpn() method throws the following exception:
cURL error: [52] GnuTLS recv error (-9): A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
Solution
When cURL is compiled with GnuTLS the call to PayPal will fail if the SSL version
is not explicitly set as a cURL option. Set the force_ssl_v3 property to force
SSL 3:
$listener = new IpnListener(); $listener->force_ssl_v3 = true;
Note: force_ssl_v3 is now true by default
Problem
 PHP Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION 
 cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in ...
Solution
If you need PHP safe mode, you can disable CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION using the
follow_location property.
$listener = new IpnListener(); $listener->follow_location = false;
Note: follow_location is now false enabled by default
Example Report
Here is an example of a report returned by the getTextReport() method. Create
your own reports by extending the IpnListener() class or by accessing the data
directly in your ipn script.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[09/09/2011 8:35 AM] - https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr (curl)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:35:39 GMT
Server: Apache
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Set-Cookie: c9MWDuvPtT9GIMyPc3jwol1VSlO=Ch-NORlHUjlmbEm__KG9LupR4mfMfQTkx1QQ6hHDyc0RImWr88NY_ILeICENiwtVX3iw4jEnT1-1gccYjQafWrQCkDmiykNT8TeDUg7R7L0D9bQm47PTG8MafmrpyrUAxQfst0%7c_jG1ZL6CffJgwrC-stQeqni04tKaYSIZqyqhFU7tKnV520wiYOw0hwk5Ehrh3hLDvBxkpm%7cYTFdl0w0YpEqxu0D1jDTVTlEGXlmLs4wob2Glu9htpZkFV9O2aCyfQ4CvA2kLJmlI6YiXm%7c1315575340; domain=.paypal.com; path=/; Secure; HttpOnly
Set-Cookie: cookie_check=yes; expires=Mon, 06-Sep-2021 13:35:40 GMT; domain=.paypal.com; path=/; Secure; HttpOnly
Set-Cookie: navcmd=_notify-validate; domain=.paypal.com; path=/; Secure; HttpOnly
Set-Cookie: navlns=0.0; expires=Thu, 04-Sep-2031 13:35:40 GMT; domain=.paypal.com; path=/; Secure; HttpOnly
Set-Cookie: Apache=10.72.109.11.1315575339707456; path=/; expires=Sun, 01-Sep-41 13:35:39 GMT
X-Cnection: close
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
VERIFIED
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
test_ipn                 1
payment_type             instant
payment_date             06:34:51 Sep 09, 2011 PDT
payment_status           Completed
address_status           confirmed
payer_status             verified
first_name               John
last_name                Smith
payer_email              buyer@paypalsandbox.com
payer_id                 TESTBUYERID01
address_name             John Smith
address_country          United States
address_country_code     US
address_zip              95131
address_state            CA
address_city             San Jose
address_street           123, any street
business                 seller@paypalsandbox.com
receiver_email           seller@paypalsandbox.com
receiver_id              TESTSELLERID1
residence_country        US
item_name                something
item_number              AK-1234
quantity                 1
shipping                 3.04
tax                      2.02
mc_currency              USD
mc_fee                   0.44
mc_gross                 12.34
mc_gross_1               9.34
txn_type                 web_accept
txn_id                   51991334
notify_version           2.1
custom                   xyz123
charset                  windows-1252
verify_sign              Ah5rOpfPGo5g6FNg95DMPybP51J5AUEdXS1hqyRAP6WYYwaixKNDgQRR