PayPal Commerce - Test cards

[Tony 3]

Does anyone know if there are a test card for PayPal Commerce that I could use to test the payment flow from basket to checkout? I know I could use my actual card but there will be fair bit of testing involved and I don't really fancy doing lots of payments & refunds which might flag up PayPal.

Thanks.

[Al Brookbanks 201]

Hi Tony,

To put PayPal Commerce in Sandbox mode you'll need to disconnect your account via its settings page. You then need to edit two files;

modules/plugins/paypal_commerce/admin/index.inc.php

Change:

define('SANDBOX', false);

to;

define('SANDBOX', true);

modules/plugins/paypal_commerce/paypal.class.php

Change:

private $_sandbox = false; // Set to false for live!!

to;

private $_sandbox = true; // Set to false for live!!

You can then reconnect using a developer Sandbox account from https://developer.paypal.com and test with their test or live cards without being charged. 

 

[Tony 3]

Thanks for that. Guess it's not suitable for doing it on the live server! 

I will clone the shop & database and set up a test website - thanks for explaining, that's helpful.