ipn_main_handler.php

Hi,
I have checked my website stats and noticed that "ipn_main_handler.php" has alot of hits. I thought this was only used when customers made a payment to you, also the url "notify.paypal.com" shows up in the stats the same number of times as the "ipn_main_handler.php".

Is this some kind of error with my payment module?...I have just tested my site by putting an order through and all seems ok, any ideas guys/gals???

Zencart V 1.3.0 ( i know I should upgrade)

Thanks
Pete

I have checked my website stats and noticed that "ipn_main_handler.php" has alot of hits. I thought this was only used when customers made a payment to you, also the url "notify.paypal.com" shows up in the stats the same number of times as the "ipn_main_handler.php".This is exactly what I would expect to see.

PayPal's server is the only thing that should be making hits on that file. It does this to notify you of a received PayPal payment. If that payment is related to a Zen Cart purchase, then it uses that information to release the order.

ok, that's fine....but the thing is I haven't received any orders...

Does this indicate that people are changing their minds once reaching the paypal payment stage or is there another possible cause?

Thanks
pete

PayPal is weird ...

If you are using PayPal IPN and get a personal PayPal ... it will visit the site on the auto return ...

Our code tells PayPal to go away ... but it will still try to respond to the auto return URL because you "told" it to and PayPal isn't bright enough to "not" go to the auto return on a personal PayPal ...

It is not the brightest payment method on the block ... :rolleyes:

NOTE: Zen Cart v1.3.5 is out ... and it is out for a reason ...

Backup both your site and your database ... do a test upgrade and make sure all is well ... then do a live upgrade ...

There are numerous posts on how to do test upgrades with a /new_shop test directory ...

Oh right, so if someone pays me for something else, not connected to my site at all. Then paypal visits my site because it thinks it was a sale via my site??? weird...thanks for that.

As for upgrading, I know. I just haven't got the time to back up, create a test site, upgrade, then explore everything to make sure it's all ok...one day soon

Thanks
Pete