paypal shopping cart

[adamnichols45]

Hey guys the following code works in a html file but when i include it in a php include file it does not work.

<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_GB/i/btn/x-click-but22.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">
<input type="hidden" name="add" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="[e-mail]">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="aaa">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="1111">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="5.00">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="GBP">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-ShopCartBF">
</form>

any help?

[edited by: coopster at 3:35 pm (utc) on Feb. 2, 2006]
[edit reason] generalized email address [/edit]

[adamnichols45]

any body please

[coopster]

What do you mean it doesn't work? It's just html, include the file and view the page -- is the form there?

[adamnichols45]

yes the button is there but once clicked it is not carrying the varibles over to the paypal shopping cart.

[coopster]

OK, so the include is indeed working then. You must have something else in your page causing you issues. Once the page is displayed use the browser's "View Source" option and have a look at your page to determine where your issue lies.

[adamnichols45]

ok i discovered that i had this in the header file.

<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">

and then in another include on the same page i had this.

<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">

is it possible to have this?

[adamnichols45]

ok from messing around -

its ok to have more than 1 form on a page as long as i close it off with </form> before starting the new one yes?

cheers for your help

[fjpapaleo]

You're not using any php in the form. Have you tried closing out your php code before the form and than re-opening it after?
If you want to use php in your form it needs to be done something like this:
<?php
print " <form target=\"paypal\" action=\"https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr\" method=\"post\">";
print " <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_name\" value=\"" . $variable . "\">";
print " </form>";
?>

[adamnichols45]

it was just the form tag i needed to close and then open up again once i needed a new button.