Hi JZarr,
Yes; existing recurring payments for which you've specified the NOTIFYURL when the recurring payment was initially created, will continue to use the old URL.
In order to use the new URL, you would need to cancel the existing recurring payment(s) and re-create them.
Alternatively, if the old URL sits on a domain which still exists and which is still under your control, you could do something as follows (my example is for PHP as that's what I'm familiar with, but any language could do this);
Create a file in the exact same location, with the exact same filename as your old IPN script
Paste the following code and replace where indicated
<?php
// Force a successfull HTTP response to be returned to PayPal
header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
// Check if we've received POST data
if(!empty($_POST)) {
// Open a connection to www.yourdomain.tld on port 80
$fp = fsockopen("www.yourdomain.tld", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
// If your site use SSL, uncomment the line above and use this instead
// $fp = fsockopen("ssl://www.yourdomain.tld", 443, $errno, $errstr, 30); if (!$fp) {
// Return an error if you're unable to set up a connection
echo "$errstr ($errno)<br />\n";
} else {
// Build the HTTP data
// Replace "youroldIPNscript.php" by the filename of your old IPN script
// For example, if your IPN script is available on www.yourdomain.tld/checkout/paypal/ipn.php
// Then you the line below would read "POST /checkout/paypal/ipn.php $out = "POST /youroldIPNscript.php HTTP/1.0\r\n";
// Replace by your (old) domain name again
$out .= "Host: www.yourdomain.tld\r\n"; $out .= 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n'; $out .= 'Content-Length: ' . strlen($data) . '\r\n\r\n'; $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n"; // Send the HTTP data
fwrite($fp, $out); while (!feof($fp)) { echo fgets($fp, 128); }
// Close the connection fclose($fp); }
}
?>
What this script does, is that it 'forwards' all incoming POST data arriving on your old IPN script URL automatically to your new IPN script URL.
That way, your new IPN script will always receive the IPN data, even if it was sent to the old URL.
I agree it's a bit of a workaroud, but at least you'll be able to receive your IPN data again.
Hope this was useful. Unfortunately I don't have an example in any other languages, but if you are (or have) a developer, they should be able to create a similar file for you fairly quickly.
-Rob
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