I'm using the Paypal Integration class my Micah Carrick from here

However, i'm foxed as to how to update my database about user information in the validate_ipn() part of the code.

I'm looking to add the following fields to my database, am i doing anything wrong ?


/*  PHP Paypal IPN Integration Class Demonstration File
 *  4.16.2005 - Micah Carrick, email@micahcarrick.com
 *  This file demonstrates the usage of paypal.class.php, a class designed  
 *  to aid in the interfacing between your website, paypal, and the instant
 *  payment notification (IPN) interface.  This single file serves as 4 
 *  virtual pages depending on the "action" varialble passed in the URL. It's
 *  the processing page which processes form data being submitted to paypal, it
 *  is the page paypal returns a user to upon success, it's the page paypal
 *  returns a user to upon canceling an order, and finally, it's the page that
 *  handles the IPN request from Paypal.
 *  I tried to comment this file, aswell as the acutall class file, as well as
 *  I possibly could.  Please email me with questions, comments, and suggestions.
 *  See the header of paypal.class.php for additional resources and information.

// Setup class
$p = new paypal_class;             // initiate an instance of the class
$p->paypal_url = 'https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr';   // testing paypal url
//$p->paypal_url = 'https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr';     // paypal url
// setup a variable for this script (ie: 'http://www.micahcarrick.com/paypal.php')

// if there is not action variable, set the default action of 'process'

switch ($_GET['action']) {

      // There should be no output at this point.  To process the POST data,
      // the submit_paypal_post() function will output all the HTML tags which
      // contains a FORM which is submited instantaneously using the BODY onload
      // attribute.  In other words, don't echo or printf anything when you're
      // going to be calling the submit_paypal_post() function.
      // This is where you would have your form validation  and all that jazz.
      // You would take your POST vars and load them into the class like below,
      // only using the POST values instead of constant string expressions.
      // For example, after ensureing all the POST variables from your custom
      // order form are valid, you might have:
      $p->add_field('business', '3xpert_1227902983_biz@gmail.com');
      $p->add_field('item_name', 'Paypal Test Transaction');
      $p->add_field('xyz', "$_POST[xyz]");
      $p->add_field('abc', "$_POST[abc]");
       $p->add_field('amount', 600);
	$p->dump_fields();      // for debugging, output a table of all the fields
   case 'success':      // Order was successful...
      // This is where you would probably want to thank the user for their order
      // or what have you.  The order information at this point is in POST 
      // variables.  However, you don't want to "process" the order until you
      // get validation from the IPN.  That's where you would have the code to
      // email an admin, update the database with payment status, activate a
      // membership, etc.  
      echo "<html><head><title>Success</title></head><body><h3>Thank you for your order.</h3>";
      foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) { echo "$key: $value<br>"; }
      echo "</body></html>";
      // You could also simply re-direct them to another page, or your own 
      // order status page which presents the user with the status of their
      // order based on a database (which can be modified with the IPN code 
      // below).
   case 'cancel':       // Order was canceled...

      // The order was canceled before being completed.
      echo "<html><head><title>Canceled</title></head><body><h3>The order was canceled.</h3>";
      echo "</body></html>";
   case 'ipn':          // Paypal is calling page for IPN validation...
      // It's important to remember that paypal calling this script.  There
      // is no output here.  This is where you validate the IPN data and if it's
      // valid, update your database to signify that the user has payed.  If
      // you try and use an echo or printf function here it's not going to do you
      // a bit of good.  This is on the "backend".  That is why, by default, the
      // class logs all IPN data to a text file.
      if ($p->validate_ipn()) {
         // Payment has been recieved and IPN is verified.  This is where you
         // update your database to activate or process the order, or setup
         // the database with the user's order details, email an administrator,
         // etc.  You can access a slew of information via the ipn_data() array.
         // Check the paypal documentation for specifics on what information
         // is available in the IPN POST variables.  Basically, all the POST vars
         // which paypal sends, which we send back for validation, are now stored
         // in the ipn_data() array.

		 $field1 = $p->ipn_data['xyz'];
		 $field2 = $p->ipn_data['abc'];

		 mysql_query("insert into mytable(xyz,abc) values('$field1','$field1')");