ClickBank & thanks.php

How do I get the payment, member, product, and products variables on my thank you page?

For a ClickBank sale, it does not appear that any of these variables are set.

This is because thanks.php looks for GET variables in the URL (like $_GET['member_id'], $_GET['product_id'], & $_GET['payment_id']), but those variables do not exist in the ClickBank thanks.php URL.

Here is an example of all of the variables are ARE available after a CB transaction:


item=12
cbreceipt=FXXXXEDX
time=1282159233
cbpop=BF6FFFFF
cbaffi=0
cname=dan+kelly
cemail=dan%40mydomain.com
czip=90210
ccountry=US


That's it!


So, when those variables are given to thanks.php, NONE of the payment, member, product, or products data is available.


How do I get the payment, member, product, and products variables on my thank you page?

hmmm...

The first time I tested it, I didn't get any of the variables... and I even printed out the SESSION, COOKIE, and all Smarty variables.

The second time I testing it, the SESSION variables were there, but the Smarty variables for payment, member, product, and products were still not there.

The third time I tested it, the SESSION variables were cleared, and the Smarty variables were still not there.

In my thanks.html I put code to include the Smarty debug.html template (which prints ALL Smarty variables) and print_r the SESSION and COOKIE variables.

Then I ran through several ClickBank transactions.

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The problem, as I mentioned, is that thanks.php looks for GET variables in the URL (like $_GET['member_id'], $_GET['product_id'], & $_GET['payment_id']), but those variables do not exist in the ClickBank thanks.php URL.

from thanks.php:

Code:

if (!$vars['payment_id']) $vars['payment_id'] = $_GET['payment_id'];

-- $_GET['payment_id'] doesn't exist in this case.

Code:

if (!$vars['payment_id'])
    $vars['payment_id'] = $_SESSION['_amember_payment_id'];

-- $_SESSION['_amember_payment_id'] doesn't exist in this case either.

Here's my solution:

#1. You need to get the member_id, product_id, & payment_id in the SESSION variable:

In, clickbank.inc.php I put the following code:

Code:

        //I added these 3 for thanks.php to work
        $_SESSION['_my_payment_id'] = $payment_id;
        $_SESSION['_my_member_id']  = $p['member_id'];
        $_SESSION['_my_product_id'] = $p['product_id'];

...right AFTER...

Code:

    function do_auto_login($payment_id){
        global $db, $config;
        
        $p = $db->get_payment($payment_id);
        $u = $db->get_user($p['member_id']);

#2. You need to set the VARS variables in thanks.php using your new variables... if they haven't been set already.

In, thanks.php I put the following code:

Code:

//I added these for ClickBank & thanks.html to work
if (!$vars['member_id'])  $vars['member_id']  = $_SESSION['_my_member_id'];
if (!$vars['product_id']) $vars['product_id'] = $_SESSION['_my_product_id'];
if (!$vars['payment_id']) $vars['payment_id'] = $_SESSION['_my_payment_id'];
if (!$_SESSION[_amember_in_payment]) $_SESSION[_amember_in_payment] = $_SESSION['_my_payment_id'];

...right AFTER...

Code:

if (!$vars['member_id'])  $vars['member_id']  = $_GET['member_id'];
if (!$vars['product_id']) $vars['product_id'] = $_GET['product_id'];
if (!$vars['payment_id']) $vars['payment_id'] = $_GET['payment_id'];