Item Name on First Data (Payeezy Gateway) Receipts

The Problem It seemed like a simple problem and in the end it was and had a simple solution.  Here’s the problem: The name of the item purchased at an osCommerce store was not showing up on the Payeezy Payment Page or on the emails to the customer or the merchant....

Integrating First Data e4 SIM with osCommerce

Integrating First Data’s payment system with osCommerce is very simple once you understand that First Data’s instructions are both incomplete and inaccurate.  In this post,  I’ll take you through the entire process of this integration, step by step.  First, however,...

osCommerce Order History Issues

Background After a customer places an order on your osCommere store,  the store should keep track of that order and allow your customer to see what they ordered.  There is a side menu that displays the list, if you wish to have it on your site.  Sometimes the items...

Session Variables in osCommerce

Introduction Session variables can be very helpful if you need to get data from one of osCommerce’s subsystems and use it in another.  In this post,  I will use an unusual example to show how to  create a session variable in checkout_shipping.php then use it for...

Adding the Order Number in osCommerce

One of my clients wanted to see the order number in the header of the order page on the admin side. He also wanted to see it along with the customer’s name in the subject of the text message that confirms the order.  Here, I’ll explain  how to do that. Adding the...