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Merchant User Manual and Integration Guide May, 2005 149
IPN and PDT Variables
Shopping Cart Information
B
tax PayPal appends the number of the item (e.g., item_name1, item_name2).
The tax_
x is only included if there was a specific tax amount applied to a
particular shopping cart item. Because profile tax may apply to other items in
the cart, the sum of tax_
x might not total to tax.
option_
name1
PayPal appends the number of the item (e.g.,
option_name1,
option_name2), where x represents the number of the shopping cart detail
item.
option_
selection1_
x
PayPal appends the number of the item (e.g., option_selection1,
option_selection2), where x represents the number of the shopping cart
detail item.
option_
name2
PayPal appends the number of the item (e.g.,
option_name2,
option_name2), where x represents the number of the shopping cart detail
item.
option_
selection2_
x
PayPal appends the number of the item (e.g., option_selection1,
option_selection2), where x represents the number of the shopping cart
detail item.
mc_gross_
x Transaction-
specific for
Multiple
Currencies
The amount is in the currency of mc_currency, where x is the shopping cart
detail item number. The sum of mc_gross_x should total mc_gross.
mc_
handling_
x
Transaction-
specific for
Multiple
Currencies
The # is the shopping cart detail item number. The handling_cart cart-wide
Website Payments variable is also included in the mc_handling variable; for
this reason, the sum of mc_handling_
x might not be equal to mc_handling
mc_
shipping_
x
Transaction-
specific for
Multiple
Currencies
This is the combined total of shipping and shipping2 WebsitePayments
variables, where
x is the shopping cart detail item number. The shippingx
variable is only shown when the merchant applies a shipping amount for a
specific item. Because profile shipping might apply, the sum of shipping
x
might not be equal to shipping.
T
ABLE B.3 IPN and PDT Variables: Shopping Cart Information
Variable Name Possible Values Description