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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Integrating with PayPal HTML Forms

Matthew Smart
Matthew Smart
12,567 Points
Posted by Matthew Smart
Matthew Smart
12,567 Points

Do not understand what this is asking me...

Finally, we need the form to submit a unique identifier for the order to the process.php file. We need to be able to access that value in an order_id element of the $_POST array, like this: $_POST["order_id"]. For this particular order, the order ID should be 7546. We don’t want this value displayed in the browser. What do we need to add to the form? (Hint: We need to add a new HTML element with three attributes.)

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Karen de Graaf
Karen de Graaf
14,350 Points
Karen de Graaf
Karen de Graaf
14,350 Points

The video before this code challenge explains it, it has three examples of how to do this (https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-simple-php-application/integrating-with-paypal/creating-paypal-buttons). It's a input that is hidden to the user but it's send along when the user submits the form. (So you need to make a new input, hidden to the user, with a value that is already set)