Paypal - Simple HTML Shoppingcart with multiple items

	PAYPAL - Make a simple shoppingcart with multiple items By Thomas Tingsted Mathiesen (tma@tma.dk) My Linked-In profile My company - Gaudio ApS My FaceBook profile
Last changes made: 24 NOV 2011

The Paypal documentation is big and structured in a way that makes you read nonsence for hours!.
Here is a simple HTML script that sends multiple items to Paypal in one post.

<html>
 <body>
   <form method="post" action= "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr">
    <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">
    <input type="hidden" name="upload" value="1">
    <input type="hidden" name="business" value="<your paypal email or merchant id>">
    <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="EUR">
   
    <!-- URL's to send users when they have completed or canceled -->
    <input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.yoursite.com/paymentAccepted.aspx">
    <input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.yoursite.com/paymentCanceled.aspx">
    
    <!-- These values are posted back to you on the "Return" url -->
    <input type="hidden" name="custom" value="some custom value - eg cart ID">
    <input type="hidden" name="invoice" value="Customers invoice number">
    
    <!-- This text is shown on a button on Paypal when user completes payment -->
    <input type="hidden" name="cbt" value="Back to mysite">
	
    <!-- Product lines -->
    <input type="hidden" name="item_name_1" value="Product A">
    <input type="hidden" name="item_number_1" value="1234">
    <input type="hidden" name="amount_1" value="19.95">
    <input type="hidden" name="quantity_1" value="1">
	
    <input type="hidden" name="item_name_2" value="Product B">
    <input type="hidden" name="item_number_2" value="1500">
    <input type="hidden" name="amount_2" value="22.00">
    <input type="hidden" name="quantity_2" value="1">
	
    <input type="hidden" name="item_name_3" value="Product C">
    <input type="hidden" name="item_number_3" value="1501">
    <input type="hidden" name="amount_3" value="110.00">
    <input type="hidden" name="quantity_3" value="1">
    
    <input type="submit" value="Checkout">
   </form>
 </body>
</html>