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I also had to use the "is_final_capture": true for the pending payment to go to payment on the Sandbox buyers Paypal account summary.    $data = '{ "intent": "CAPTURE", "purchase_units": [ { "amount": { "currency_code": "USD", "value": "5.54" } } ], "is_final_capture": true }'; ... View more

I found a solution to the capture after the authorization of payment by adding the "intent": "CAPTURE" to the cURL data.  This instruction json line was missing from the sample code posted on Paypal. (https://developer.paypal.com/docs/integration/direct/payments/authorize-and-capture-payments/)   $data = '{ "intent": "CAPTURE", "purchase_units": [ { "amount": { "currency_code": "USD", "value": "4.54" } } ] }'; ... View more