fix for Authorize.net AIM module

[roger5]

If you are in test mode with Authorize.net, you are using their AIM system (which they say has now become mandatory), and you have SSL;

 

...and if when putting through a test order and during credit card processing you get an error with text similar to: "[TEST MODE] Error: either the merchant ID or password is wrong..."

 

...then here is what fixed this problem for me.

 

In the authorizenet_aim.php program file, there is a URL specification that checks if you are in test mode, and if so, then uses the line $URL = 'https://test.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll'

 

But if you have switched "test off" then it instead uses the line $URL = 'https://secure.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll'

 

Well, in my case, I have to use ..."secure.authorize.net"... (the 2nd version above) in both cases - for "test" as well as for "test off". This is because they have my account interface on their main server ("secure.authorize.net") instead of on their "test" server - which is where the first URL is pointing.

 

So if you are being driven crazy by this error, then just try changing the line in authorizenet_aim.php from ..."test.authorize.net"... to ..."secure.authorize.net"... and use that for both testing and when you go live. Apparently, they are using their main server now even for "test mode" - at least they are for me.

 

- Roger

[roger5]

I forgot to mention in prior post that the line in authorizenet_aim.php where the offending line of code had to be corrected is at about line 280.

 

Incidentally, I only became aware of this solution because, by chance, I happened to finally speak with a tech support agent at Authorize.net who actually knew what he was talking about. Each of the agents I had spoken to earlier didn't have a clue and claimed the problem wasn't theirs. So, if you are an Authorize.net customer and have a problem getting their tech support to be helpful (always PHONE them, NEVER rely on their on-line support except on weekends), just hang up and redial 1-877-447-3938 option 1, then 4. If you're lucky, on the next call you'll get someone else to help you, hopefully someone as smart as the guy I finally got.

 

- Roger

[sgoldbaum]

Thank you so much for this fix! I've been having the same trouble with the SIM module as well and this worked perfectly.