deskbd Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Does anyone know what is paypal ipn and why it is needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Paypal ipn In my opinion you don't " need " anything from paypal as I'm a long standing member of the "Paypal sucks" view and have as little to do with them as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 I would NOT touch it with the proverbial barge pole, neither will I touch face book since my granddaughter downloaded two viruses from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceInfinity Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 I would NOT touch it with the proverbial barge pole, neither will I touch face book since my granddaughter downloaded two viruses from it.You can get a virus from anywhere, but avoiding one comes with some self awareness. Just because she ended up getting a virus that could have been from facebook does not mean that the site itself is bad (nor does it mean I am saying facebook is good, because it is crap). I'm not a facebook user, but any large site like that can be a target host for malicious scripts. The rules are simple though in avoiding a virus otherwise. @Belatucadrus - Just because you don't like PayPal doesn't mean however that other people don't use it. So why neglect that statistic? In doing so, you would potentially be eliminating a method of payment for your users, all because of a personal opinion. @OP - If you have IPN integrated, you can have a backend PHP script that would manage things, essentially making it easier for you to deal with transactions. Imagine how much harder it would be, to have to manage everything manually just by checking your Paypal account or any email notifications you would get from Paypal for updates? This is a solution to those problems. API's are good for this reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachindiscovery Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Instant Payment Notification (IPN) is a message service that automatically notifies merchants of events related to PayPal transactions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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