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Kev.

I tried using it, but its got me stumped.

Even using the supplied code.

If you have any directions for integration, that would be super.


Thanks.

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964kevin wrote:Kev.

I tried using it, but its got me stumped.

Even using the supplied code.

If you have any directions for integration, that would be super.


Thanks.

kevin
The good news is that I think I have it working.

The bad news is that I have not yet tried it other than in test mode or using SSL. It was also very difficult to implement.

The Stripe website seems to offer countless ways of integrating Stripe but when you look into it, you find that many of the examples are incomplete or out of date. I went for the simplest PHP solution I could find but the examples found on Stripe or via Google did not match the current Stripe libraries, which have obviously been changed recently.

To integrate Stripe required the use of Composer (even that was not plain sailing to install and run) and a PHP server running on your PC to work with Composer. Then the examples given had to be significantly modified to allow the charge page to retain details of the email and amount. The code also had to be modified to match the current Stripe classes which now use namespaces.

I have tested on a shared SSL server, provided by my host company and it seems ok. This may be an alternative to having your own dedicated certificate.

Integrating Paypal was a breeze in comparison.
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Oh dear (insert deity here)

No wonder I couldn't get it to function, my ISP wants me to move to a dedicated IP, otherwise they wont support SSL.....

This was Stripes reply to my question. which to be fair is really helpful.

Hey Kevin,

Thanks for writing in about this, I'm happy to help! As far as I'm aware, there should be no direct link between having an SSL certificate and having a static IP address. You should also be able to find an SSL certificate for much less than $180/year and I would advise you to look into namecheap's offering [1].

If you don't feel ready to build this yourself, I can also recommend some places to hire a developer for the time it would take to get Stripe built in to your website:
– Matchist: https://matchist.com/stripe
– oDesk: https://www.odesk.com/info/stripe/?vt_c ... &vt_src=bd
– PeoplePerHour: http://www.peopleperhour.com/collection ... elopers/49

You could also look into services such as Commence Payments [2] and Payzo.io [3] which offer the ability to take payments without needing a server.

I hope this helps but please do not hesitate to get back to me if you need more details.
All the best,
Thomas

[1] https://www.namecheap.com
[2] https://www.commencepayments.com
[3] https://www.payzo.io
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I guess their answer is useful in some ways. The cost of an SSL certificate is much cheaper than I imagined following their suggestion.

It seems a shame that their site is still rather geared towards hard core developers, rather than part timers like us. As a consequence, several intermediate businesses are offering an easy way to interface to Stripe - at a price. To me, this is a failing and as much as I dislike Paypal, they do make interfacing to it relatively simply for novices.

Suggesting you hire a freelancer using oDesk was amusing. I do that myself if I get completely stuck but it's yet another minefield to negotiate.
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kevsboredagain wrote:I guess their answer is useful in some ways. The cost of an SSL certificate is much cheaper than I imagined following their suggestion.

It seems a shame that their site is still rather geared towards hard core developers, rather than part timers like us. As a consequence, several intermediate businesses are offering an easy way to interface to Stripe - at a price. To me, this is a failing and as much as I dislike Paypal, they do make interfacing to it relatively simply for novices.

Suggesting you hire a freelancer using oDesk was amusing. I do that myself if I get completely stuck but it's yet another minefield to negotiate.
O yes, i tried the lets configure a quote for you....

hahahahahahahah £16k. yep, 16 thousand..... that's all my income for 3/4 of a year this year, the best year we've ever had, wonder what the ROI is...
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Well,


I'm moving ISP, Register1 are great with resolving issues, but for SSL, a static IP address requirement of theirs, and SSL integration its a couple of hundred pounds, so im setting up at TSOHost, domain is still registered with me for another 18 months, but I've opted for SSL, 500Mb limit on 2G bandwith taken the .co.uk domain as well, and its all in for 2 years £150. They'll integrate the SSL for me at no extra, lest see how this goes, then I'll play with stripe again. If I can make it work, i'll post back here with the results... if not I may be silent for a little while..


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964kevin wrote:Well,


I'm moving ISP, Register1 are great with resolving issues, but for SSL, a static IP address requirement of theirs, and SSL integration its a couple of hundred pounds, so im setting up at TSOHost, domain is still registered with me for another 18 months, but I've opted for SSL, 500Mb limit on 2G bandwith taken the .co.uk domain as well, and its all in for 2 years £150. They'll integrate the SSL for me at no extra, lest see how this goes, then I'll play with stripe again. If I can make it work, i'll post back here with the results... if not I may be silent for a little while..


Kevin
It's good to hear of someone determined to succeed. I hope you realize that you didn't need the SSL to actually get the Stripe system working and tested?
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I have no idea about the technical stuff being talked here, I have to leave that to Kevsboredagain who developed my site, but I do have a connection, because at this moment I am hoping to have Stripe installed on my website so that I can take card payments.

The problem, which I have come up against with Stripe is their validation process in trying to prove to them that I am who I am. They use a different process for their home based customers in the USA, but for Europe, unless you have accounts with any one of Facebook, LinkedIn, or Google+ in order to prove your identity (!), you are regarded as suspicious and will not be validated by them.

I am one of a tiny minority, who does not have, nor wants to have, accounts with any of these, so till yesterday I have come up against a brick wall with Stripe. However, yesterday I received an email saying they were searching for other ways for me to prove identity. In reply, I have offered to email them a copy of my UK passport.
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Tada.

test site up and working, a long time to fruition. but the code really got me stumped.

I bought it from the code canyon in the end, and modified the php to work with html, getting the ssl sorted soon by TSOHost, so should be good to go again.

http://www.encantada-vacation.com/strip ... /index.php


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964kevin wrote:Tada.

test site up and working, a long time to fruition. but the code really got me stumped.

I bought it from the code canyon in the end, and modified the php to work with html, getting the ssl sorted soon by TSOHost, so should be good to go again.

http://www.encantada-vacation.com/strip ... /index.php


Kevin.
Which part did you have to buy?
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Kev.

the php code, for $14 i thought what the heck.


took some tweaking about to get the html to work alongside, and i've had to forgo for the moment the bootstrap responsive menu, but hey. I made it work...
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Any idea why the menu's not working for you now?
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the menu on the payments page?

thats most likely a javascript error, I'm having the ssl sorted now, but theres a conflict or two from the backend on the hosting company i'm sorting out..maybe a while longer than anticipated...
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