[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # how to test purchase from begin to end ## - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86320 - Thank you received: 14279 - - 15 years 5 months ago [\#15924](#15924) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: how to test purchase from begin to end](/forum/4-how-to/15187-how-to-test-purchase-from-begin-to-end?start=20#15924 "Hello. I want to test my shop without spending real money. Virtue mart has this option. Does HikaShop has that option?")* Do you have the options "allow payment notifications from paypal" and "debug" of the plugin activated ? If so, you should have the file created and an email sent to you when a paypal payment notification is received. If you don't and that these options are activated, it means that something on your website blocked the notification before reaching hikashop. It can sometimes happen on joomla 1.6 with the language filter plugin activated (is that the case?) or with some security component. It can also happen if you have an htaccess file which protects your website with a password (paypal doesn't know your htacess password and thus cannot send the notification to you). 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Virtue mart has this option. Does HikaShop has that option?")* "allow payment notifications from paypal" and "debug" plugins activated. language filter plugin NOT activated Yes I have htaccess and deleted still status created Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzE1MTg3LWhvdy10by10ZXN0LXB1cmNoYXNlLWZyb20tYmVnaW4tdG8tZW5kP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86320 - Thank you received: 14279 - - 15 years 5 months ago [\#16032](#16032) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: how to test purchase from begin to end](/forum/4-how-to/15187-how-to-test-purchase-from-begin-to-end?start=20#16032 "Hello. I want to test my shop without spending real money. Virtue mart has this option. Does HikaShop has that option?")* Do you have a SEF component which would redirect non SEFed URLs ? Could you give a link to your website ? 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Virtue mart has this option. Does HikaShop has that option?")* only redirect plug-in, no one enabled link. [ podjigateli.z83.ru](http://podjigateli.z83.ru) Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzE1MTg3LWhvdy10by10ZXN0LXB1cmNoYXNlLWZyb20tYmVnaW4tdG8tZW5kP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86320 - Thank you received: 14279 - - 15 years 5 months ago [\#16056](#16056) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: how to test purchase from begin to end](/forum/4-how-to/15187-how-to-test-purchase-from-begin-to-end?start=20#16056 "Hello. I want to test my shop without spending real money. Virtue mart has this option. Does HikaShop has that option?")* When I call directly the notification URL on your website ( [ podjigateli.z83.ru/index.php?option=com\_...pl=component&lang=en](http://podjigateli.z83.ru/index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=checkout&task=notify¬if_payment=paypal&tmpl=component&lang=en) ), I'm getting that error: Error JFTP::login: Unable to login JFTP: :mkdir: Bad response JFTP: :chmod: Bad response Warning: file_put_contents(/ftp_aerium-03/podjigateli_16/podjigateli.z83.ru/media/com_hikashop/upload/safe/logs/report_246948242.log) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /ftp_aerium-03/podjigateli_16/podjigateli.z83.ru/components/com_hikashop/controllers/checkout.php on line 891 That means that you didn't configure properly the FTP layer on your website. Please fix it and then try again. You should then be able to look at the log of the payment notification after your transaction is validated by paypal and that will help in understanding the problem. 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I want to test my shop without spending real money. Virtue mart has this option. Does HikaShop has that option?")* **ClickWebDesign wrote:** > Hi, > I keep getting the "This invoice has already been paid. For more information, please contact the merchant." I'm testing using the paypal sandbox. I have tried the suggestions repeated below: > > In Your Paypal Account: > > Login to your Paypal account by going to [ www.paypal.com](http://www.paypal.com). > Click "Profile" on the top menu bar. > Under "Selling Preferences", click "Payment Receiving Preferences". > Under "Block Accidental Payments", choose "No, allow multiple payments per invoice ID". > > On the HikaShop side: > > Open your phpmyadmin and select your database. > There increase the auto\_increment value of the hikashop\_order table by running a query: [ www.cxliv.org/2005/01/06/updating\_auto-increment\_in\_mysql.php](http://www.cxliv.org/2005/01/06/updating_auto-increment_in_mysql.php) > > Any further thoughts or info I can provide to help? > > Thanks > Chris Once I switched from the sandbox to live paypal this error never appeared - I won't bother with paypa sandbox in future, just use 50c test products! Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzE1MTg3LWhvdy10by10ZXN0LXB1cmNoYXNlLWZyb20tYmVnaW4tdG8tZW5kP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[kynchan](/forum/user/2526-kynchan "View kynchan's Profile")** - [![kynchan's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/2526-kynchan "View kynchan's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/2526-kynchan) Less More - Posts: 7 - Thank you received: 0 - - 15 years 5 months ago [\#17209](#17209) by [kynchan](/forum/user/2526-kynchan "View kynchan's Profile") Replied by *[kynchan](/forum/user/2526-kynchan "View kynchan's Profile")* on topic *[Re: how to test purchase from begin to end](/forum/4-how-to/15187-how-to-test-purchase-from-begin-to-end?start=20#17209 "Hello. I want to test my shop without spending real money. Virtue mart has this option. Does HikaShop has that option?")* Hi, Am experiencing the same problem as well "This invoice has already been paid. For more information, please contact the merchant." with Sandbox testing and am not able to update any "Profile" settings. I have already deleted all the orders from the database. In fact, I've checked and its a new order number. I did change the address_override = 0 because was encountering a "not ship to your location" error previously. It solved that issue, does it affect? Any solution to this? Please advice. Thank you. 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Does HikaShop has that option?")* Hi, We've never said that you should delete the orders in the database but that you should change the auto_increment value to a bigger value. Alternatively, you should try to change the settings on your paypal account. 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Does HikaShop has that option?")* The auto_increment solution worked. Thanks. Did not adjust any profile setting on Paypal coz am using Sandbox for testing. Will do a full test run when the site is ready. Keep up the good work! ![:)](/media/kunena/emoticons/3.png ":)") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzE1MTg3LWhvdy10by10ZXN0LXB1cmNoYXNlLWZyb20tYmVnaW4tdG8tZW5kP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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