Handling Paynow Status Updates

update.php

<?php

/**
 * First install the Paynow PHP Library using Composer
 *
 * You'll need to set the result url to https://yourapp/path/update.php
 */


// Require in composer's autoloader
require_once 'path/to/vendor/autoload.php';

// Create a new paynow object passing in your integration keys (used for validating the hash of the status update)
$paynow = new Paynow('INTEGRATION_ID', 'INTEGRATION_KEY', null, null);


try 
{
    // Process the incoming status update
    $status = $paynow->processStatusUpdate();
  
    
    // Get the reference of the transaction you sent with the transaction when you initiated it
    // @see https://developers.paynow.co.zw/docs/sourcedocs_php.html#class-paynow-core-statusresponse
    $reference = $status->reference();
    
    // Check if the transaction was paid for 
    if($status->paid())
    {
        // This user showed us dat doe. Better give them whatever they paid for 
        
        // On the real. Here you might want to update the transaction with the reference '$reference'
        // in your DB. Set it's status as paid
    }
    else
    {
        // We got some other status from Paynow. Handle that
        // For the full list of the statuses that can be returned by Paynow, see https://developers.paynow.co.zw/docs/status_update.html
        $state = $reference->status();
       
        // Update the transaction's status in your DB maybe?
    }
    
} 
catch (\Exception $e) 
{
   // *scream* ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
   // something broke. log this? 
}