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I had in mind the following logic:

1) user selects the event, enters their personal details etc, then clicks on submit

2) 2nd form appears, with a radio button group for payment type. User selects their payment method and enters a membership number if appropriate, then clicks submit.

3) Your script checks the value of the radio button group. If its paypal, it issues a http redirect to paypal, or displays a 'now being redirected to paypal' page then redirects to paypal, and sends the confirmation of booking emails. Otherwise, it sends the confirmation emails and displays a 'thank you' type page.

You could also look at opening a new window to redirect to paypal, and displaying the 'thank you' in the main window, although these days a lot of browsers will refuse a popup.

By 'do the paypal transaction outside the perl script' I take it you mean that you can't gather the users paypal account information in your own form and handle the paypal transaction yourself? I think you're right, the user has to interact with paypal themselves, although I don't know this for certain.

Using this process, you only need a single submit button, rather than a submit for two of the payment types, and a separate paypal button (as long as there's nothing else forcing you to create a separate button).

g0n, backpropagated monk

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Re^4: Coding and Design Advice
by b310 (Scribe) on Apr 01, 2005 at 11:34 UTC
    Hi,

    I see what you're talking about. In your #3 step, how do I issue a http redirect to PayPal? I never did this before using a script so I'm not sure about the code. Otherwise, your idea would be perfect.

    Can you help me out with the redirect code?

    Thank you for your help and time.
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      The HTTP redirect using CGI is quite straightforward:

      use CGI;
my $cgi = new CGI;
print $cgi->redirect('http://thisistheurltoredirectto.com');

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      You will need to do your redirect conditionally upon the content of $cgi->param('paymenttyperadiobutton') and remember that the redirect has to be the first header - don't issue a standard http header beforehand.

      g0n, backpropagated monk
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        Hi,

        Yes, it certainly appears straightforward. I also understand that the redirect will be based on the result of the button that is selected.

        As for placing the redirect as the first header, do I place it before my conditional statement or after?

        I'm not sure I follow "has to be the first header".

        Thanks.
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Re^4: Coding and Design Advice
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 01, 2005 at 11:38 UTC
    Hi,

    I see what you're talking about. In your #3 step, how do I issue a http redirect to PayPal? I never did this before using a script so I'm not sure about the code. Otherwise, your idea would be perfect.

    Can you help me out with the redirect code?

    Thank you for your help and time.
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Re^4: Coding and Design Advice
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 01, 2005 at 11:40 UTC
    Hi,

    I see where your going with this. I didn't think you could redirect within a script. I never did this before. In your step 3, how do I issue a http redirect to PayPal? What would the code look like?

    Thanks.
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