Hi salimsaid
This is what I tried though I think its a long shot.
Capture the value for $response and save it as a html file. When you run it in a browser their is a link which is provided and when you click it you get the status for that transaction. From there you could find a way of storing the status value in your database after exploding the string.
I think pesapal has a more efficient way of getting the value for $status but for now this is the only solution I could figure out since the ipn is not returning the actual value.
Anyone with a better solution please assist
