Can I Use Verisign Payflow Pro Here?

[new90]

Does my account come with the Verisign pfpro sdk installed? If not, will Powweb install it?

[new90]

HELLO?
Why does this topic seem so taboo here? All the others who have asked have gotten either a worthless or no reply. Admins, you there?

[stevel]

I would imagine it's that nobody who reads this really knows. I started to reply, but backed out, because I don't know for sure.

However, I think it's a good guess that PowWeb doesn't have this SDK installed, as I would have heard about it before, I think. PowWeb typically doesn't accept requests for installing software on their servers.

However, if I am reading Verisign's site correctly, one of the options for the SDK is a Perl module, and you can install that yourself in your cgi-bin folder. You might even be able to use a binary executable, if they have a FreeBSD version. There isn't a lot of info on this, though, so I can't be certain.

I suggest you ask Verisign for more details on the SDK contents.

[new90]

Thanks. I talked to Powweb and they said the Pearl method would work but that the PHP method causes errors on their servers. I have a rather large database site written entirely in PHP though. Perhaps I should consider trying to do the payment processing in Pearl? Can you use both?

[stevel]

That's Perl, not Pearl. I don't see why you couldn't use both.

[James]

Verisign's Payflow Pro's library and perl modules can be used on our servers. The problem is with PHP. When we attempt to compile php with Payflow Pro support (i.e. with --with-pfpro=shared,/usr/local/lib/) it fails. We have looked for a solution and instead have found other people with this problem who also have no solution. I am not sure how long it has been since our last attempt but I can look into it again.