Question

I have a problem where I am creating a Paypal Buy Now Button for a client’s website. The first name, last name and email address and item name are going though, but the billing address nor the price are going through. Very strange for what should be a straightforward process. Here is my code:

$invoicenumber = $row['InvoiceNumber'];
$totalquantity = $row['TotalQuantity'];
$totalprice = $row['TotalPrice'];
$costofshipping = $row['CostOfShipping'];
$firstname = $row['FirstName'];
$lastname = $row['LastName'];
$billingstreetaddress = $row['BillingStreetAddress'];
$billingapartmentnumber = $row['BillingApartmentNumber'];
$billingcity = $row['BillingCity'];
$billingstate = $row['BillingState'];
$billingzipcode = $row['BillingZipCode'];
$emailaddress = $row['EmailAddress'];
echo "<form action='https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr' method='post'>
<input type='hidden' name='cmd' value='_s-xclick'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='business' VALUE='[e-mail]'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='invoice' VALUE='$invoicenumber'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='undefined_quantity' VALUE='$totalquantity'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='item_name' VALUE='CompanyNamePurchase'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='amount' VALUE='$totalprice'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='shipping' VALUE='$costofshipping'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='currency_code' VALUE='USD'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='first_name' VALUE='$firstname'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='last_name' VALUE='$lastname'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='address1' VALUE='$billingstreetaddress'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='address2' VALUE='$billingapartmentnumber'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='city' VALUE='$billingcity'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='state' VALUE='$billingstate'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='zip' VALUE='$billingzipcode'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='lc' VALUE='US'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='email' VALUE='$emailaddress'>
input type='hidden' name='hosted_button_id' value='paypalclientnumber'>
<input type='image' id='paypalsubmitbutton' style='top:750px;left:65%;position:absolute;'     src='https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif' border='0'    name='submit' alt='PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!'>
<img alt='' border='0' src='https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif'    width='1' height='1'>
</form>";

/* And this is the source code – as you can see no invoice number goes through, price and quantity are zero, and the address is there, but does not go through to paypal. The cost of shipping is also there. */

<form action='https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr' method='post'>
<input type='hidden' name='cmd' value='_s-xclick'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='business' VALUE='[e-mail]'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='invoice' VALUE=''>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='undefined_quantity' VALUE='0'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='item_name' VALUE='CompanyNamePurchase'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='amount' VALUE='0.00'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='shipping' VALUE='7.00'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='currency_code' VALUE='USD'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='first_name' VALUE='Multigrain'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='last_name' VALUE='Cheerios'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='address1' VALUE='2 Spoonful Way'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='address2' VALUE='[e-mail]'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='city' VALUE='Brooklyn'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='state' VALUE='New York'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='zip' VALUE='11203'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='lc' VALUE='US'>
<INPUT TYPE='hidden' NAME='email' VALUE=''>
<input type='hidden' name='hosted_button_id' value='paypalidjumbledletters&#s'>
<input type='image' id='paypalsubmitbutton'     style='top:750px;left:65%;position:absolute;' src='https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif' border='0' name='submit' alt='PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!'>
<img alt='' border='0' src='https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif' width='1' height='1'>
</form>

Answer 1

In addition to making sure that the button is an unhosted button, if you are having trouble passing address variables, make sure the state is abbreviated, i.e., MA instead of Massachusetts. This has been the solution for me.