Aug 24th, 2011, 7:23 AM
Oh, I see - sorry I should have thought of that. No, you won't be able to use "localhost" to test IPN. PayPal won't know where to send the IPN message.
In order to test it on your local machine, you'll need to use your own IP address, as seen by the outside world. You'll also need to ensure that MAMP has been configured to permit people externally accessing your local site.
This opens up security issues though - even if you're doing it temporarily for testing. Any chance you could move the operation to a web server off your local box to test the IPN?
Again, sorry, I totally forgot you were working locally.
- Ben
In order to test it on your local machine, you'll need to use your own IP address, as seen by the outside world. You'll also need to ensure that MAMP has been configured to permit people externally accessing your local site.
This opens up security issues though - even if you're doing it temporarily for testing. Any chance you could move the operation to a web server off your local box to test the IPN?
Again, sorry, I totally forgot you were working locally.
- Ben