payment module using paypal

[eluser]ray73864[/eluser]
paypal is an excellent option for receiving payments, they take very low commission fees and are easy to set up, i have looked at google checkout but the API was very complicated to work with.

on that note, between steps 2 and 3 you should store the order details in the database, i would set the status to something like 'un-processed', then when the IPN is received from paypal change the status to 'processing' (note that a success from paypal IPN does not mean that payment has been received, it is just an "intent" to pay), then you have a seperate process where you check your bank account (or paypal account) and if the payment has been received then change the status to 'processed'.