PayPal IPN changes over night

If you use a IPN plug-in, better double check it now

[pontifex]

Paypal offers the notification of an incoming payment to a configured URL. This is called Instant Payment Notification or IPN:

Tonight they changed the URL for calling the counterpart of that service to SSL only. Older examples for PHP are still with NON-SSL connections and cease to work now!

Just if you are wondering, where your sales are!

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[ectect]

According to PayPal they are aware of an issue with IPN and are working to get a fix out, hopefully today.

[rocknbil]

If the SSL is the only issue, you should really be doing that only over SSL anyway, but that's just IMO . . . .

However I am constantly frustrated with companies making changes without any notice. I have on ongoing nightmare with an ISP that has moved all their client's sites to a new server. Some of those clients used a shared SSL space on the ISP, and that thing is gone. Poof. So out of nowhere, these clients don't have secure checkouts, 404's, and so on . . . ISP claims they sent notices that this was coming, none of thee clients can confirm a single notice, and if they did get one, didn't understand it. My phone is ringing off the hook; for "some reason" I'm expected to just fix it for them.

I don't use this word often, but I hate this ISP. I really, really, do, and recommend that these clients seek out their lawyers and whip them into a frenzy.

Apologies for the OT, as you were, yes, no company should make such a change without a notice well in advance.