Thread: Please - really need an answer to Pay Pal "string" error"

Please - really need an answer to Pay Pal "string" error"

Hi Team,

I posted the other day and REALLY need your help. The paypal folks say that in the string that points to PayPal url there is an unwanted (and I will put spaces between the symbols so it wll not revert to a link as in last post) % 3 C p % 3 E which lies between "posting" and "&amount" in the string of this: ( I will leave a space in between the https: and // to hopefully not have it post as a "link" again.

https: //www.paypal.com/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=pay@vanjobs.com&item_n ame=Job+Listing+123+w%2F+Job+Pack+Single+VGJ+Posti ng%3Cp%3E&amount=526&no_shipping=1&no_note=1&item_ number=&currency_code=CAD&charset=UTF-8&return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vancouvergamejobs.ca%2Fm yjobs%2F&notify_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vancouvergame jobs.ca%2F%3FpaypalListener%3DIPN&rm=2&custom=19


If you remove the less than and greater than encoding values (% 3 Cp % 3 E) it corrects the problem and redirects successfully:
https: //www.paypal.com/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=pay@vanjobs.com&item_n ame=Job%20Listing%20123%20w%2F%20Job%20Pack%20Sing le%20VGJ%20Posting&amount=526&no_shipping=1&no_not e=1&item_number=&currency_code=CAD&charset=UTF-8&return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vancouvergamejobs.ca%2Fm yjobs%2F&notify_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vancouvergame jobs.ca%2F%3FpaypalListener%3DIPN&rm=2&custom=19


If you can find a way to remove "%3Cp%3E" from the string you're using to redirect to PayPal the problem will be resolved. The issue there is I don't know which script generates the item name value and posts it to PayPal.

If I could know where / how to fix this I would be "running" according to PayPay - PLEASE help?

Thanks! Mark VancouverGameJobs.Ca