Need a tutorial for creating a forms that can interact with Paypal

[veramilo2]

Can anyone point me to a good step-by-step tutorial (online, book, etc.) that can help me do the following:

1. Create a PHP form on my web site where a customer supplies name, contact info, selects a product (such as a class to register), and other info yet to be determined.
2. Emails this info to me AND/OR writes it to a db hosted on my web space
3. Populates the standard paypal cart with some of the same info (product info, customer's address, etc.) so the customer doesn't have to re-enter it for Paypal.

I especially need it explained as simply and plainly as possible.

Thank you!

[snowshoe]

What you're asking is quite a bit if you have start from scratch.  PHP, backend database, integrating IPN and using the "upload method" variables to pre populate the PayPal screens.

To learn more about IPN, see this guide:

https://www.x.com/sites/default/files/ipnguide.pdf

To learn about using the various variables and the upload method, see this guide:

https://www.x.com/sites/default/files/pp_websitepaymentsstandard_integrationguide.pdf

You will also need to use the option variables, on0, os0, on1, os1, etc. for collecting the additional info.  They are explained in the Standard Integration Guide.

If you're into PHP and MySql, you're halfway there.  Sorry, there's no tutorial to teach exactly what you need but, you certainlly can piece it all together, it's just not all in one place.