Using Gravity Forms ‘gform_paypal_post_ipn’ PHP filter

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The gform_paypal_post_ipn action is triggered after a PayPal IPN (Instant Payment Notification) response has been processed.

Usage

add_action('gform_paypal_post_ipn', 'your_function_name', 10, 4);

Parameters

  • $_POST (array): The $_POST array posted by the PayPal IPN.
  • $entry (Entry Object): The entry from which the transaction the IPN is responding to was submitted.
  • $feed (Feed Object): The PayPal feed configuration data used to process the entry the IPN is responding to.
  • $cancel (boolean): Defaults to false. Indicates whether the IPN processing was canceled by the gform_paypal_pre_ipn hook.

More information

See Gravity Forms Docs: gform_paypal_post_ipn

Examples

Update Order Status in a Third-Party Service

This example shows how to update your order on a fictional third-party order fulfillment service.

add_action('gform_paypal_post_ipn', 'update_order_status', 10, 4);

function update_order_status($ipn_post, $entry, $feed, $cancel) {
    // If the IPN was canceled, don't process
    if ($cancel)
        return;

    // Get the order ID from $entry
    $order_id = $entry['id'];

    // Use a fictional function to update the order in the fictional third-party application
    mtp_update_order($order_id, $ipn_post);
}

Delete Post When Subscription Term Ends

This example deletes the post associated with the entry when the subscription term ends.

add_action('gform_paypal_post_ipn', 'delete_post', 10, 4);

function delete_post($ipn_post, $entry, $feed, $cancel) {
    // If the IPN was canceled, don't process
    if ($cancel)
        return;

    $transaction_type = $ipn_post['txn_type'];

    // Delete the post if this is the end of the term
    if (strtolower($transaction_type) == 'subscr_eot') {
        wp_delete_post($entry['post_id']);
    }
}

Placement: This code should be placed in the functions.php file of your active theme.