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The ZendCon Sessions Episode 3: PayPal: New Solutions for PHP Developers

We hope you enjoy today’s session as we listen to Damon Williams present “PayPal: New Solutions for PHP Developers”.

phpPaypalPro Version 0.2.0 Released

phpPaypalPro is an object-oriented framework developed in PHP5 to integrate easily with the Website Payments Pro SOAP 1.1 API from Paypal.

phpPaypalPro version 0.1.1 has been released

The first release of phpPaypalPro is now available for public download. This program contains very promising features that simplifies the process of integrating with the Website Payments Pro API from Paypal.

New PayPal SDK for PHP

Today, PayPal released version 4.0 of the PayPal PHP SDK. There's a number of new improvements. For one, it's easier to install – it relies solely on PHP. Just type "php install.php" and you're done. It also bundles all of the PEAR packages that it depends on. There's also tons of new samples that contain many features common to ecommerce integrations. There's a sample provided for just about every single API call.

Finally – and this will be a major relief for anyone who has tried to deploy PayPal's SDK on a shared host – the client-side SSL Certificates used for web service authentication are now optional. There's a second, new method of authentication based on a "Signature", which is basically just a unique string that you pass in along with your username & password. Makes life a lot easier for the developer…

You can download the SDK and the documentation at www.paypal.com/sdk

Get info and support for any PayPal questions at www.paypal.com/integration

Choosing the Right PayPal Solution

PayPal has grown up quite a bit since its early days of existing primarily as a way to pay for stuff you bought on eBay. There’s been a bunch of recent additions that offer new functionality and options for the developer tasked with integrating a payment solution for a website or application. But sifting through the choices can be time-consuming and sometimes confusing – at the end of the day, you just want to get payment processing working and move on to the rest of your project, right? This article provides you with a quick overview of the different options available to you. I’ll skip the marketing hype and get straight to the point – helping you choose which option makes the most sense for your situation.