Setting Up Authorize.net with osCommerce

In order to make payments on your products within your store your customers will need to have a way to use their credit cards. Credit cards are typically processed through payment gateways. One of the payment gateways that you can use is Authorize.net. The following article explains how to set it up in the osCommerce Administrator dashboard.

Installing Authorize.net in osCommerce

1. Log into your osCommerce Admin dashboard.
2. Scroll down the menu on the left and then click on MODULES.
3. In the menu that appears, click on PAYMENT.
4. You will then see a large number modules that you can select, but click on the second one down labeled AUTHORIZE.NET CREDIT CARD SIM. Click on the INSTALL MODULE option.
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   After the module is installed, you will see the list of modules under payment. Select the Authorize.net option and then click on EDIT in the right side. You will need to configure Authorize.net before it can be used. The following table breaks down all of the options available for setting Authorize.net

Enable Authorize.net Credit Card SIM	Select TRUE to enable the option and FALSE to disable.
Login ID	This is the Authorize.net login ID that you get with your Authorize.net account.
Transaction Key	Transaction key provide with your Authorize.net account
MD5 Hash	This is a code used for security provided through Authorize.net
Transaction Server	You have the option of LIVE or TEST. When you are LIVE, the payment gateway is available. TEST allows you to use the option but it will not process the payment through Authorize.net.
Transaction Mode	LIVE or TEST are again the options, but LIVE will test the credit card processing, while TEST will enable the option in the cart for the shop, but will not process the transaction with Authorize.net.
Transaction Method	Authorization – The Authorization transaction method only authorizes transactions and must be captured manually through the Authorize.net Merchant Interface. Capture – The Capture transaction method authorizes and transfers the funds to your Merchant account.
Payment Zone	You can specify a zone for this payment type.
Set Order Status	Lets you label the end result of a transaction after it has completed processing with Authorize.net.
Sort Order	Affects the order in which payment options will appear.

This completes the article for the installation of the Authorize.net payment gateway on osCommerce. For further information, go to the osCommerce Education channel.