Pesapal.com

PHP Sample

Test your integration on https://demo.pesapal.com before you take your site live!

1. Include

Oauth.php – Class that helps in constructing the Oauth Request

<?
phpinclude_once('OAuth.php');
?>

2. Assign Variables

  1. token and params – null
  2. consumer_key – merchant key issued by PesaPal to the merchant
  3. consumer_secret – merchant secret issued by PesaPal to the merchant
  4. signature_method ( leave as default )
  5. iframelink – the link that is passed to the iframe pointing to the PesaPal server
<?php
$token = $params = NULL;
$consumer_key = 'Your PesaPal Merchant Consumer Key';//Register a merchant account on
                   //demo.pesapal.com and use the merchant key for testing.
                   //When you are ready to go live make sure you change the key to the live account
                   //registered on www.pesapal.com!
$consumer_secret = 'Your PesaPal Merchant Consumer Secret';// Use the secret from your test
                   //account on demo.pesapal.com. When you are ready to go live make sure you 
                   //change the secret to the live account registered on www.pesapal.com!
$signature_method = new OAuthSignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1();
$iframelink = 'https://demo.pesapal.com/api/PostPesapalDirectOrderV4';//change to      
                   //https://www.pesapal.com/API/PostPesapalDirectOrderV4 when you are ready to go live!

4. Assign Form Details

Assign form details passed to pesapal‐iframe.php from shopping‐cart‐form.php to the specified variables.

<?php
//get form details
$amount = $_POST['amount']; $amount = number_format($amount, 2);//format amount to 2 decimal places $desc = $_POST['description']; $type = $_POST['type']; //default value = MERCHANT $reference = $_POST['reference'];//unique order id of the transaction, generated by merchant $first_name = $_POST['first_name']; //[optional] $last_name = $_POST['last_name']; //[optional] $email = $_POST['email']; $phonenumber = ''; //ONE of email or phonenumber is required ?>

4. Define the callback_url

This is the full url pointing to the page the iframe redirects to after processing the order on pesapal.com

5. Construct the post_xml variable

The format is standard so no editing is required. Encode the variable using htmlentities.

<?php
$callback_url = 'http://www.test.com/redirect.php'; //redirect url, the page that will handle the response from pesapal.
$post_xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><PesapalDirectOrderInfo xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchemainstance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" Amount=\"".$amount."\" Description=\"".$desc."\" Type=\"".$type."\" Reference=\"".$reference."\" FirstName=\"".$first_name."\" LastName=\"".$last_name."\" Email=\"".$email."\" PhoneNumber=\"".$phonenumber."\" xmlns=\"http://www.pesapal.com\" />";
$post_xml = htmlentities($post_xml);
?>

6. Construct the OAuth Request url

Using the Oauth class included construct the oauth request url using the parameters declared above (the format is standard so no editing is required).

<?php
$consumer = new OAuthConsumer($consumer_key, $consumer_secret);
//post transaction to pesapal
$iframe_src = OAuthRequest::from_consumer_and_token($consumer, $token, "GET",
$iframelink, $params);
$iframe_src->set_parameter("oauth_callback", $callback_url);
$iframe_src->set_parameter("pesapal_request_data", $post_xml);
$iframe_src->sign_request($signature_method, $consumer, $token);
?>

7. Display the iframe

Pass $iframe_src as the iframe's src.

<iframe src="/<?php echo $iframe_src;?>" width="100%" height="720px" scrolling="auto" frameBorder="0"> <p>Unable to load the payment page</p> </iframe>

8. Store

Once the payment process has been completed by the user, PesaPal will redirect to your site using the url you assigned to $callback_url, along with the following query string parameters:

  1. pesapal_merchant_reference – this is the same as $reference (unique order id) that you posted to PesaPal
  2. pesapal_transaction_tracking_id – this is a unique id for the transaction on PesaPal that you can use to track the status of the transaction later

Store the pesapal_transaction_tracking_idin your database against the order.

<?php
$reference = null;
$pesapal_tracking_id = null;
if(isset($_GET['pesapal_merchant_reference']))
$reference = $_GET['pesapal_merchant_reference'];
if(isset($_GET['pesapal_transaction_tracking_id']))
$pesapal_tracking_id = $_GET['pesapal_transaction_tracking_id'];
//store $pesapal_tracking_id in your database against the order with orderid = $reference
...
?>

9. Listen to IPN and Query for Status

Once a transaction has been posted to PesaPal, you can listen for Instant Payment Notifications on a URL on your site (see here for details).

Below is sample code that listens to notifications from PesaPal and consequently queries for the transaction status.

<?
include_once('oauth.php');
$consumer_key="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";//Register a merchant account on
                   //demo.pesapal.com and use the merchant key for testing.
                   //When you are ready to go live make sure you change the key to the live account
                   //registered on www.pesapal.com!
$consumer_secret="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";// Use the secret from your test
                   //account on demo.pesapal.com. When you are ready to go live make sure you 
                   //change the secret to the live account registered on www.pesapal.com!
$statusrequestAPI = 'https://demo.pesapal.com/api/querypaymentstatus';//change to      
                   //https://www.pesapal.com/api/querypaymentstatus' when you are ready to go live!

// Parameters sent to you by PesaPal IPN
$pesapalNotification=$_GET['pesapal_notification_type'];
$pesapalTrackingId=$_GET['pesapal_transaction_tracking_id'];
$pesapal_merchant_reference=$_GET['pesapal_merchant_reference'];

if($pesapalNotification=="CHANGE" && $pesapalTrackingId!='')
{
   $token = $params = NULL;
   $consumer = new OAuthConsumer($consumer_key, $consumer_secret);
   $signature_method = new OAuthSignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1();

   //get transaction status
   $request_status = OAuthRequest::from_consumer_and_token($consumer, $token, "GET", $statusrequestAPI, $params);
   $request_status->set_parameter("pesapal_merchant_reference", $pesapal_merchant_reference);
   $request_status->set_parameter("pesapal_transaction_tracking_id",$pesapalTrackingId);
   $request_status->sign_request($signature_method, $consumer, $token);

   $ch = curl_init();
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $request_status);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
   if(defined('CURL_PROXY_REQUIRED')) if (CURL_PROXY_REQUIRED == 'True')
   {
      $proxy_tunnel_flag = (defined('CURL_PROXY_TUNNEL_FLAG') && strtoupper(CURL_PROXY_TUNNEL_FLAG) == 'FALSE') ? false : true;
      curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, $proxy_tunnel_flag);
      curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_HTTP);
      curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, CURL_PROXY_SERVER_DETAILS);
   }

   $response = curl_exec($ch);

   $header_size = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE);
   $raw_header  = substr($response, 0, $header_size - 4);
   $headerArray = explode("\r\n\r\n", $raw_header);
   $header      = $headerArray[count($headerArray) - 1];

   //transaction status
   $elements = preg_split("/=/",substr($response, $header_size));
   $status = $elements[1];

   curl_close ($ch);
   
//UPDATE YOUR DB TABLE WITH NEW STATUS FOR TRANSACTION WITH pesapal_transaction_tracking_id $pesapalTrackingId

   if(DB_UPDATE_IS_SUCCESSFUL)
   {
      $resp="pesapal_notification_type=$pesapalNotification&pesapal_transaction_tracking_id=$pesapalTrackingId&pesapal_merchant_reference=$pesapal_merchant_reference";
      ob_start();
      echo $resp;
      ob_flush();
      exit;
   }
}
?>
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