Create recurring payment
PHP code sample for creating a recurring payment.
Overview
The following PHP code sample includes comments explaining the different elements and parameters involved in the Create transaction API call, specifically when being used to make a recurring payment.
Please also see also our tutorial on the same subject
Code sample
The below example uses Basic Auth authentication
<?php
// The POST URL and parameters
$request = 'https://demo.vivapayments.com/api/transactions/'; // demo environment URL
//$request = 'https://www.vivapayments.com/api/transactions'; // production environment URL
// Your merchant ID and API Key can be found in the 'Security' settings on your profile.
$merchant_id = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx';
$api_key = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx';
//Set the ID of the Initial Transaction
$request .= 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx';
//Set the Payment Amount
$amount = 100; // Amount in cents
$postargs = 'Amount='.$amount;
// Get the curl session object
$session = curl_init($request);
// Set query data here with the URL
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postargs);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $merchant_id.':'.$api_key);
$response = curl_exec($session);
curl_close($session);
// Parse the JSON response
try {
$resultObj=json_decode($response);
} catch( Exception $e ) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
if ($resultObj->ErrorCode==0){
// print JSON output
echo json_encode($resultObj);
}
else{
echo $resultObj->ErrorText;
}
?>
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