Sandbox Accounts<\/a> section.<\/p>\nIn the PayPal Developer Dashboard, you can switch between the Sandbox and Live environment from the toggle button placed at the top-right corner.<\/p>\n
Create Sandbox Accounts:<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Sandbox Merchant Account: Create a sandbox business account with Account type: Business<\/u>. This merchant account is required to attach at the time of the REST API app.<\/li>\n
- Sandbox Buyer Account: Create a sandbox buyer account with Account type: Personal<\/u>. This buyer account will be used to test payment.\n
\n- After the sandbox buyer account creation, an email ID and password will be generated. You can use these credentials to log in at the time of testing the PayPal checkout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Create REST API App:<\/b>
\nIn the Apps & Credentials<\/u> section, create a new REST API App with Type: Merchant<\/u>.<\/p>\n\n- Select a business account under the Sandbox Account<\/u> dropdown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
After the App creation, the Client ID<\/b> and Secret<\/b> will be generated.<\/p>\n\n- Copy these API credentials to later use in the script.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Live REST API Credentials:<\/b>
\nAt the top right corner, toggle the switch to Live. Then navigate to the Apps & Credentials<\/u> section.<\/p>\n\n- Create a new REST API App, you will get the credentials (Client ID and Secret) for the Live environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Before getting started to integrate PayPal Subscription payment API in PHP<\/b>, take a look at the file structure.<\/p>\npaypal_subscriptions_payment_with_php\/<\/span>\r\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 config.php\r\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 dbConnect.php\r\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 index.php\r\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 payment-status.php\r\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 paypal_checkout_init.php\r\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 PaypalCheckout.class.php\r\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 css\/<\/span>\r\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 style.css\r\n<\/pre>\nCreate Database Tables<\/h2>\n
To store plans, members, and subscriptions information 3 tables are required in the database.<\/p>\n
1.<\/b> The following SQL creates a plans<\/code> table to store the subscription plans info in the MySQL database.<\/p>\nCREATE<\/span> TABLE<\/span> `plans`<\/span> (\r\n `id`<\/span> int<\/span>(5<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span> AUTO_INCREMENT,\r\n `name`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(255<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `price`<\/span> float<\/span>(10<\/span>,2<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `interval`<\/span> enum('DAY'<\/span>,'WEEK'<\/span>,'MONTH'<\/span>,'YEAR'<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span> COMMENT<\/span> 'DAY(365) | WEEK(52) | MONTH(12) | YEAR(1)'<\/span>,\r\n `interval_count`<\/span> tinyint(2<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span> DEFAULT<\/span> 1<\/span>,\r\n PRIMARY KEY<\/span> (`id`<\/span>)\r\n) ENGINE<\/span>=InnoDB<\/span> DEFAULT<\/span> CHARSET<\/span>=utf8 COLLATE<\/span>=utf8_unicode_ci;<\/pre>\n2.<\/b> The following SQL creates a users<\/code> table to store the member’s information in the MySQL database.<\/p>\nCREATE<\/span> TABLE<\/span> `users`<\/span> (\r\n `id`<\/span> int<\/span>(11<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span> AUTO_INCREMENT,\r\n `subscription_id`<\/span> int<\/span>(11<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span> DEFAULT<\/span> 0<\/span> COMMENT<\/span> 'foreign key of \"user_subscriptions\" table'<\/span>,\r\n `first_name`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(25<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `last_name`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(25<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `email`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(50<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `password`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(255<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `gender`<\/span> enum('Male'<\/span>,'Female'<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `phone`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(15<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `created`<\/span> datetime DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `modified`<\/span> datetime DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `status`<\/span> tinyint(1<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span> DEFAULT<\/span> 1<\/span>,\r\n PRIMARY KEY<\/span> (`id`<\/span>)\r\n) ENGINE<\/span>=InnoDB<\/span> DEFAULT<\/span> CHARSET<\/span>=utf8 COLLATE<\/span>=utf8_unicode_ci;<\/pre>\n3.<\/b>The following SQL creates a user_subscriptions<\/code> table to store the subscription and payment information in the MySQL database.<\/p>\nCREATE<\/span> TABLE<\/span> `user_subscriptions`<\/span> (\r\n `id`<\/span> int<\/span>(11<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span> AUTO_INCREMENT,\r\n `user_id`<\/span> int<\/span>(11<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span> COMMENT<\/span> 'foreign key of \"users\" table'<\/span>,\r\n `plan_id`<\/span> int<\/span>(5<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span> COMMENT<\/span> 'foreign key of \"plans\" table'<\/span>,\r\n `paypal_order_id`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(255<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `paypal_plan_id`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(255<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `paypal_subscr_id`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(100<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `valid_from`<\/span> datetime DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `valid_to`<\/span> datetime DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `paid_amount`<\/span> float<\/span>(10<\/span>,2<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `currency_code`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(10<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `subscriber_id`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(100<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `subscriber_name`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(50<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `subscriber_email`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(50<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `status`<\/span> varchar<\/span>(50<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `created`<\/span> datetime DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n `modified`<\/span> datetime DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n PRIMARY KEY<\/span> (`id`<\/span>)\r\n) ENGINE<\/span>=InnoDB<\/span> DEFAULT<\/span> CHARSET<\/span>=utf8 COLLATE<\/span>=utf8_unicode_ci;<\/pre>\nPayPal API and Database Configuration (config.php)<\/h2>\n
In the config.php<\/code> file, constant variables of the Product, PayPal REST API and database settings are defined.<\/p>\nPayPal REST API Constants:<\/b><\/p>\n\n- PAYPAL_SANDBOX – (TRUE\/FALSE) Set PayPal environment, Sandbox or Live.<\/li>\n
- PAYPAL_SANDBOX_CLIENT_ID – Client ID of PayPal Sandbox REST API App.<\/li>\n
- PAYPAL_SANDBOX_CLIENT_SECRET – Secret key of PayPal Sandbox REST API App.<\/li>\n
- PAYPAL_PROD_CLIENT_ID – Client ID of PayPal Live REST API App.<\/li>\n
- PAYPAL_PROD_CLIENT_SECRET – Secret key of PayPal Live REST API App.<\/li>\n
- CURRENCY – Specify the currency code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n