Help with cold fusion and paypal subscriptions.

[macker123]

I am always getting the following error even though I'm using the IPN ColdFusion code supplied by paypal!
I'm using the IPN with ColdFusion to validate subscription payments. Any help is appreciated and can supply you with more code if desired.

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Error Occurred While Processing Request
Error Diagnostic Information

An error occurred while evaluating the expression:

"#Form.FieldNames#"

Error near line 4, column 33.
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Error resolving parameter FORM.FIELDNAMES

The specified form field cannot be found. This problem is very likely due to the fact that you have misspelled the form field name.
The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFLOOP), occupying document position (4:1) to (4:50).

This is the IPN Code causing the error, again this is paypal's code :
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<!-- read post from PayPal system and add 'cmd' -->
<CFSET str="cmd=_notify-validate">
<CFLOOP INDEX="TheField" list="#Form.FieldNames#">
<CFSET str = str & "&#LCase(TheField)#=#URLEncodedFormat(Evaluate(TheField))#">
</CFLOOP>
<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.payment_date")>
<CFSET str = str & "&payment_date=#URLEncodedFormat(Form.payment_date)#">
</CFIF>
<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.subscr_date")>
<CFSET str = str & "&subscr_date=#URLEncodedFormat(Form.subscr_date)#">
</CFIF>

<!-- post back to PayPal system to validate -->
<CFHTTP URL="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?#str#" METHOD="GET" RESOLVEURL="false">
</CFHTTP>

<!-- assign posted variables to local variables -->
<!-- note: additional IPN variables also available -- see IPN documentation -->
<CFSET item_name=FORM.item_name>
<CFSET receiver_email=FORM.receiver_email>
<CFSET payment_status=FORM.payment_status>
<CFSET payment_gross=FORM.payment_gross>
<CFSET txn_id=FORM.txn_id>
<CFSET payer_email=FORM.payer_email>
<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.item_number")>
<CFSET item_number=FORM.item_number>
</CFIF>

<!-- check notification validation -->
<CFIF #CFHTTP.FileContent# is "VERIFIED">
VERIFIED
<!-- check that payment_status=Completed -->
<!-- check that txn_id has not been previously processed -->
<!-- check that receiver_email is your email address -->
<!-- process payment -->
<CFELSEIF #CFHTTP.FileContent# is "INVALID">
INVALID
<!-- log for investigation -->
<CFELSE>
<!-- error -->
</CFIF

Thanks for any help you can give.

[hillsy]

Do you have an input on your input form (i.e. the form that calls this page) called FIELDNAMES? It might not be a field - could be a hidden input for example.

If not, that will cause this error. Can you post the form code?

Tip: Read the error message. ColdFusion's error messages are unusually helpful

[easyrew]

The FORM.FIELDNAMES field is automatically sent when you submit the form, and is a comma-separated list of the other fields which have been submitted.

The fact that the script falls over at this stage indicates that the form information hasn't been posted to the script. If you *have* submitted the form information, check the code which generates your form and check that the submit method is set to POST and not GET.

Hope that helps...