Recurring Payments In Magento

We would like to discuss one of the most interesting payment functionalities of Magento – recurring payments. It is not an easy task to find a complete guide showing how to set up a recurring profile step-by-step therefore we decided to create one.

Magento’s payment gateway sample for recurring profiles includes all the functionalities (but trials) that recurring profiles for products have: different billing period units, frequency, initial fee etc. A necessary functionality, autocharging, had to be created by us and it is contained in our sample which we will describe in details below. In Magento CE, there is only one recurring gateway installed – PayPal. However, there is no barrier to create another one, and that is why we are posting our sample.

1. Why you should care
As a WHMCS experts we know that recurring payments are often used in the hosting industry. Why do not use it in your Magento store to increase your sales? We are very surprised that this part is still a niche in the Magento market. For more info about recurring profiles, see official Magento knowledgebase.

2. Download the sample
You can test it in your development Magento installation. Do not install it on production Magento as this is just a demo of recurring profiles. Installation is very simple: Download zip package, upload it to your Magento, clear cache and new section should appear at System > Configuration > Payment Methods > Recurring Payments Sample. We tested it on Magento CE versions 1.8.1.0 and 1.9.0.0. Download link can be found in further part of the article.

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3. How it works (step-by-step)
After installing the extension, administrator should go to the gateway configuration (System > Configuration > Payment Methods > Recurring Payments Sample) and enable it. API ID and API Key are just fake fields and there is no need to fill them (more about it in programming description below). After that, you should create product that will have a recurring profile enabled. When client buys this product there are two API calls which are sent to the real gateway (of course not in sample case): first for recurring initialization with initial fee, and second one for the first payment. That part could be different for other gateways. Extension adds cron job for sending request to the remote API when profile should be charged. Magento does not do that and we have to use very long SQL query for checking all of recurring profiles. On next profile’s time period our gateway is trying to charge it. After successful attempt, new order is created with transaction assigned.

4. Programming description
In this part we assume that you have a basic knowledge how to build Magento Extension. We will put attention to the gateway part and skip basic explanations.

4.1 Configuration
The first thing what we would like to do is to create configuration for our gateway. In extension’s etc/system.xml we will use:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
    <sections>
        <payment>
            <groups>
                <recurringpaymentssample translate="label comment" module="recurringpaymentssample">
                    <label>Recurring Payments Sample</label>
                    <frontend_type>text</frontend_type>
                    <sort_order>10</sort_order>
                    <show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
                    <show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
                    <show_in_store>1</show_in_store>
                    <fields>
                        <active translate="label">
                            <label>Enabled</label>
                            <frontend_type>select</frontend_type>
                            <source_model>adminhtml/system_config_source_yesno</source_model>
                            <sort_order>10</sort_order>
                            <show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
                            <show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
                            <show_in_store>0</show_in_store>
                        </active>
                        <title translate="label">
                            <label>Title</label>
                            <frontend_type>text</frontend_type>
                            <sort_order>20</sort_order>
                            <show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
                            <show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
                            <show_in_store>0</show_in_store>
                        </title>
                        <api_id>
                            <label>API ID</label>
                            <frontend_type>obscure</frontend_type>
                            <backend_model>adminhtml/system_config_backend_encrypted</backend_model>
                            <sort_order>60</sort_order>
                            <show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
                            <show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
                            <show_in_store>0</show_in_store>
                        </api_id>
                        <api_key>
                            <label>API Key</label>
                            <frontend_type>obscure</frontend_type>
                            <backend_model>adminhtml/system_config_backend_encrypted</backend_model>
                            <sort_order>62</sort_order>
                            <show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
                            <show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
                            <show_in_store>0</show_in_store>
                        </api_key>
                        <cctypes translate="label">
                            <label>Credit Card Types</label>
                            <frontend_type>multiselect</frontend_type>
                            <source_model>paygate/authorizenet_source_cctype</source_model>
                            <sort_order>64</sort_order>
                            <show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
                            <show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
                            <show_in_store>0</show_in_store>
                        </cctypes>
                        <allowspecific translate="label">
                            <label>Payment Applicable From</label>
                            <frontend_type>select</frontend_type>
                            <sort_order>65</sort_order>
                            <source_model>adminhtml/system_config_source_payment_allspecificcountries</source_model>
                            <show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
                            <show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
                            <show_in_store>0</show_in_store>
                        </allowspecific>
                        <specificcountry translate="label">
                            <label>Countries Payment Applicable From</label>
                            <frontend_type>multiselect</frontend_type>
                            <sort_order>66</sort_order>
                            <source_model>adminhtml/system_config_source_country</source_model>
                            <depends>
                                <allowspecific>1</allowspecific>
                            </depends>
                            <show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
                            <show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
                            <show_in_store>0</show_in_store>
                        </specificcountry>
                        <sort_order translate="label">
                            <label>Sort Order</label>
                            <frontend_type>text</frontend_type>
                            <sort_order>70</sort_order>
                            <show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
                            <show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
                            <show_in_store>0</show_in_store>
                        </sort_order>
                    </fields>
                </recurringpaymentssample>
            </groups>
        </payment>
    </sections>
</config>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<label>Recurring Payments Sample</label>

<frontend_type>text</frontend_type>

<sort_order>10</sort_order>

<show_in_default>1</show_in_default>

<show_in_website>1</show_in_website>

<show_in_store>1</show_in_store>

<label>Enabled</label>

<frontend_type>select</frontend_type>

<source_model>adminhtml/system_config_source_yesno</source_model>

<sort_order>10</sort_order>

<show_in_default>1</show_in_default>

<show_in_website>1</show_in_website>

<show_in_store>0</show_in_store>

</active>

<label>Title</label>

<frontend_type>text</frontend_type>

<sort_order>20</sort_order>

<show_in_default>1</show_in_default>

<show_in_website>1</show_in_website>

<show_in_store>0</show_in_store>

</title>

<api_id>

<frontend_type>obscure</frontend_type>

<backend_model>adminhtml/system_config_backend_encrypted</backend_model>

<sort_order>60</sort_order>

<show_in_default>1</show_in_default>

<show_in_website>1</show_in_website>

<show_in_store>0</show_in_store>

</api_id>

<api_key>

<frontend_type>obscure</frontend_type>

<backend_model>adminhtml/system_config_backend_encrypted</backend_model>

<sort_order>62</sort_order>

<show_in_default>1</show_in_default>

<show_in_website>1</show_in_website>

<show_in_store>0</show_in_store>

</api_key>

<label>Credit Card Types</label>

<frontend_type>multiselect</frontend_type>

<source_model>paygate/authorizenet_source_cctype</source_model>

<sort_order>64</sort_order>

<show_in_default>1</show_in_default>

<show_in_website>1</show_in_website>

<show_in_store>0</show_in_store>

</cctypes>

<label>Payment Applicable From</label>

<frontend_type>select</frontend_type>

<sort_order>65</sort_order>

<source_model>adminhtml/system_config_source_payment_allspecificcountries</source_model>

<show_in_default>1</show_in_default>

<show_in_website>1</show_in_website>

<show_in_store>0</show_in_store>

</allowspecific>

<label>Countries Payment Applicable From</label>

<frontend_type>multiselect</frontend_type>

<sort_order>66</sort_order>

<source_model>adminhtml/system_config_source_country</source_model>

</depends>

<show_in_default>1</show_in_default>

<show_in_website>1</show_in_website>

<show_in_store>0</show_in_store>

</specificcountry>

<sort_order translate="label">

<label>Sort Order</label>

<frontend_type>text</frontend_type>

<sort_order>70</sort_order>

<show_in_default>1</show_in_default>

<show_in_website>1</show_in_website>

<show_in_store>0</show_in_store>

</sort_order>

</fields>

</recurringpaymentssample>

</groups>

</payment>

</sections>

</config>

This file is mostly self-explanatory. You can create as many fields as gateway requires. We added fake fields api_id and api_key. In real gateway they could be used. Fields ‘active’, ‘title’, ‘cctypes’, ‘allowspecific’, ‘specificcountry’, ‘sort_order’ are used by default Magento mechanisms and should be used in all of gateways.

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4.2 Gateway
Magento should “know” that we would like to add payment gateway and we should define it in etc/config.xml file:

<config>
    ...
    <default>
        <payment>
            <recurringpaymentssample>
                <model>recurringpaymentssample/payment</model>
                <title>Recurring Payments Sample</title>
                <enabled>1</enabled>
                <sort_order>0</sort_order>
            </recurringpaymentssample>
        </payment>
    </default>
    ...
</config>

...

<model>recurringpaymentssample/payment</model>

<title>Recurring Payments Sample</title>

<sort_order>0</sort_order>

</recurringpaymentssample>

</payment>

</default>

...

</config>

This part describes that main payment PHP class will be located in extensions’s Model/Payment.php and named Modulesgarden_Recurringpaymentssample_Model_Payment. The important fact is that class must extend Mage_Payment_Model_Method_Abstract and implement Mage_Payment_Model_Recurring_Profile_MethodInterface. Now Magento “knows” exactly what we want to do. Our class must implement these methods:

validateRecurringProfile
submitRecurringProfile (this is the most important method – it will send our profile to the gateway after order of recurring product)
getRecurringProfileDetails
canGetRecurringProfileDetails
updateRecurringProfile
updateRecurringProfileStatus

All of methods are logged in Magento log files in var/log/recurringpaymentssample.log file (enable logging in Magento configuration), so you can monitor what and when is called. Check out the screenshot of logs after placing an order.

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Source code for submitRecurringProfile method:

 public function submitRecurringProfile(Mage_Payment_Model_Recurring_Profile $profile, Mage_Payment_Model_Info $payment){

        Mage::log(__METHOD__.'; Profile #'.$profile->getId(), null, 'recurringpaymentssample.log');

        $response = $this->_sendRequest('chargeInitAmount', array(
            'amount' => $profile->getInitAmount()
        ));

        if ($response['result'] == 'SUCCESS'){
            $profile->setReferenceId( $response['token'] );
            $payment->setSkipTransactionCreation(true);

            // add order assigned to the recurring profile with initial fee
            if ((float)$profile->getInitAmount()){
                $productItemInfo = new Varien_Object;
                $productItemInfo->setPaymentType(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::PAYMENT_TYPE_INITIAL);
                $productItemInfo->setPrice($profile->getInitAmount());

                $order = $profile->createOrder($productItemInfo);
                $trans_id = 'trans-' . uniqid();

                $payment = $order->getPayment();
                $payment->setTransactionId($trans_id)->setIsTransactionClosed(1);
                $order->save();
                $profile->addOrderRelation($order->getId());
                $order->save();
                $payment->save();

                $transaction= Mage::getModel('sales/order_payment_transaction');
                $transaction->setTxnId($trans_id);
                $transaction->setTxnType(Mage_Sales_Model_Order_Payment_Transaction::TYPE_CAPTURE);
                $transaction->setPaymentId($payment->getId());
                $transaction->setOrderId($order->getId());
                $transaction->setOrderPaymentObject($payment);
                $transaction->setIsClosed( 1 );
                $transaction->save();
            }

            // send fake request to charge
            $this->chargeRecurringProfile($profile);

            return $this;

        } else {

            if (!$profile->getInitMayFail()){
                $profile->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::STATE_SUSPENDED);
                $profile->save();
            }

            Mage::throwException( $response['msg'] );

        }
    }

public function submitRecurringProfile(Mage_Payment_Model_Recurring_Profile $profile, Mage_Payment_Model_Info $payment){

Mage::log(__METHOD__.'; Profile #'.$profile->getId(), null, 'recurringpaymentssample.log');

$response = $this->_sendRequest('chargeInitAmount', array(

'amount' => $profile->getInitAmount()

));

if ($response['result'] == 'SUCCESS'){

$profile->setReferenceId( $response['token'] );

$payment->setSkipTransactionCreation(true);

// add order assigned to the recurring profile with initial fee

if ((float)$profile->getInitAmount()){

$productItemInfo = new Varien_Object;

$productItemInfo->setPaymentType(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::PAYMENT_TYPE_INITIAL);

$productItemInfo->setPrice($profile->getInitAmount());

$order = $profile->createOrder($productItemInfo);

$trans_id = 'trans-' . uniqid();

$payment = $order->getPayment();

$payment->setTransactionId($trans_id)->setIsTransactionClosed(1);

$order->save();

$profile->addOrderRelation($order->getId());

$order->save();

$payment->save();

$transaction= Mage::getModel('sales/order_payment_transaction');

$transaction->setTxnId($trans_id);

$transaction->setTxnType(Mage_Sales_Model_Order_Payment_Transaction::TYPE_CAPTURE);

$transaction->setPaymentId($payment->getId());

$transaction->setOrderId($order->getId());

$transaction->setOrderPaymentObject($payment);

$transaction->setIsClosed( 1 );

$transaction->save();

}

// send fake request to charge

$this->chargeRecurringProfile($profile);

return $this;

} else {

if (!$profile->getInitMayFail()){

$profile->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::STATE_SUSPENDED);

$profile->save();

}

Mage::throwException( $response['msg'] );

}

The problem with this gateway is that it will be shown while ordering of all products (non-recurring). To hide it from regular payments we have to create another method (overwrite from parent):

 public function canUseCheckout(){
        $cart = Mage::getModel('checkout/cart')->getQuote();
        foreach ($cart->getAllItems() as $item) {
            if (!$item->getProduct()->getIsRecurring())
                return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

public function canUseCheckout(){

$cart = Mage::getModel('checkout/cart')->getQuote();

foreach ($cart->getAllItems() as $item) {

if (!$item->getProduct()->getIsRecurring())

return false;

}

return true;

}

Methods checks whether the cart contains “regular” products. If so, then just disables it.

4.3 Cron
The first question is: where is the method for cyclical payments? There is no such method! PayPal (the only recurring gateway in Magento) does the job on its side and does not require it. We have to implement it by ourselves. In config.xml file we have to add cron job:

<config>
    ...
    <crontab>
        <jobs>
            <recurringpaymentssample_charge>
                <schedule>
                    <cron_expr>* * * * *</cron_expr>
                </schedule>
                <run>
                    <model>recurringpaymentssample/observer::chargeRecurringProfiles</model>
                </run>
            </recurringpaymentssample_charge>
        </jobs>
    </crontab>
    ...
</config>

...

<jobs>

<recurringpaymentssample_charge>

<cron_expr>* * * * *</cron_expr>

</schedule>

<run>

<model>recurringpaymentssample/observer::chargeRecurringProfiles</model>

</run>

</recurringpaymentssample_charge>

</jobs>

</crontab>

...

</config>

It will call Modulesgarden_Recurringpaymentssample_Model_Observer::chargeRecurringProfiles every minute (just for example). This method runs log SQL query for profiles that needs top be charged:

class Modulesgarden_Recurringpaymentssample_Model_Observer {

    /**
     * Cron job method to charge recurring profiles
     *
     * @param Mage_Cron_Model_Schedule $schedule
     */
    public function chargeRecurringProfiles(Mage_Cron_Model_Schedule $schedule){
        Mage::log('Cron run, '.__METHOD__, null, 'recurringpaymentssample.log');

        $_resource = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource');
        $sql = '
            SELECT
                CASE srp.period_unit
                    WHEN "day"             THEN FLOOR(DATEDIFF(NOW(), srp.updated_at) / srp.period_frequency)
                    WHEN "week"         THEN FLOOR(FLOOR(DATEDIFF(NOW(), srp.updated_at) / 7) / srp.period_frequency)
                    WHEN "semi_month"     THEN FLOOR(FLOOR(DATEDIFF(NOW(), srp.updated_at) / 14) / srp.period_frequency)
                    WHEN "month"         THEN FLOOR(PERIOD_DIFF(DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), "%Y%m"), DATE_FORMAT(srp.updated_at, "%Y%m")) - (DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), "%d") < DATE_FORMAT(srp.updated_at, "%d")) / srp.period_frequency)
                    WHEN "year"         THEN FLOOR(YEAR(NOW()) - YEAR(srp.updated_at) - (DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), "%m%d") < DATE_FORMAT(srp.updated_at, "%m%d")) / srp.period_frequency)
                END
                AS billing_count,
                srp.*
            FROM '.$_resource->getTableName('sales_recurring_profile').' AS srp
            WHERE
                srp.method_code = "recurringpaymentssample" AND
                srp.state = "active" AND
                srp.updated_at <= NOW() AND
                srp.start_datetime <= NOW() AND
                NOW() >= CASE srp.period_unit
                    WHEN "day"             THEN DATE_ADD(srp.updated_at, INTERVAL srp.period_frequency DAY)
                    WHEN "week"         THEN DATE_ADD(srp.updated_at, INTERVAL srp.period_frequency WEEK)
                    WHEN "semi_month"     THEN DATE_ADD(srp.updated_at, INTERVAL (srp.period_frequency * 2) WEEK)
                    WHEN "month"         THEN DATE_ADD(srp.updated_at, INTERVAL srp.period_frequency MONTH)
                    WHEN "year"         THEN DATE_ADD(srp.updated_at, INTERVAL srp.period_frequency YEAR)
                END
        ';

        $connection = $_resource->getConnection('core_read');
        $recurring = Mage::getModel('recurringpaymentssample/payment');

        foreach ($connection->fetchAll($sql) as $profileArr) {

            $profile = Mage::getModel('sales/recurring_profile')->addData($profileArr);
            $orders = $profile->getResource()->getChildOrderIds($profile);
            $countBillingCycling = count($orders);
            if ($profile->getInitAmount())
                $countBillingCycling--;

            if ($profile->getBillFailedLater()){ // Auto Bill on Next Cycle
                // multi charges
                for ($i = 0; $i < $profile->getBillingCount(); $i++){
                    if ($recurring->chargeRecurringProfile($profile)){
                        $countBillingCycling++;
                    } else {
                        break;
                    }

                    if ($countBillingCycling >= $profile->getPeriodMaxCycles()){
                        $profile->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::STATE_SUSPENDED);
                        break;
                    }
                }

            } else {
                // single charge
                if ($recurring->chargeRecurringProfile($profile))
                    $countBillingCycling++;

                if ($countBillingCycling >= $profile->getPeriodMaxCycles())
                    $profile->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::STATE_SUSPENDED);
            }
        }
    }

}

class Modulesgarden_Recurringpaymentssample_Model_Observer {

/**

* Cron job method to charge recurring profiles

* @param Mage_Cron_Model_Schedule $schedule

public function chargeRecurringProfiles(Mage_Cron_Model_Schedule $schedule){

Mage::log('Cron run, '.__METHOD__, null, 'recurringpaymentssample.log');

$_resource = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource');

$sql = '

SELECT

CASE srp.period_unit

WHEN "day" THEN FLOOR(DATEDIFF(NOW(), srp.updated_at) / srp.period_frequency)

WHEN "week" THEN FLOOR(FLOOR(DATEDIFF(NOW(), srp.updated_at) / 7) / srp.period_frequency)

WHEN "semi_month" THEN FLOOR(FLOOR(DATEDIFF(NOW(), srp.updated_at) / 14) / srp.period_frequency)

WHEN "month" THEN FLOOR(PERIOD_DIFF(DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), "%Y%m"), DATE_FORMAT(srp.updated_at, "%Y%m")) - (DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), "%d") < DATE_FORMAT(srp.updated_at, "%d")) / srp.period_frequency)

WHEN "year" THEN FLOOR(YEAR(NOW()) - YEAR(srp.updated_at) - (DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), "%m%d") < DATE_FORMAT(srp.updated_at, "%m%d")) / srp.period_frequency)

END

AS billing_count,

srp.*

FROM '.$_resource->getTableName('sales_recurring_profile').' AS srp

WHERE

srp.method_code = "recurringpaymentssample" AND

srp.state = "active" AND

srp.updated_at <= NOW() AND

srp.start_datetime <= NOW() AND

NOW() >= CASE srp.period_unit

WHEN "day" THEN DATE_ADD(srp.updated_at, INTERVAL srp.period_frequency DAY)

WHEN "week" THEN DATE_ADD(srp.updated_at, INTERVAL srp.period_frequency WEEK)

WHEN "semi_month" THEN DATE_ADD(srp.updated_at, INTERVAL (srp.period_frequency * 2) WEEK)

WHEN "month" THEN DATE_ADD(srp.updated_at, INTERVAL srp.period_frequency MONTH)

WHEN "year" THEN DATE_ADD(srp.updated_at, INTERVAL srp.period_frequency YEAR)

END

$connection = $_resource->getConnection('core_read');

$recurring = Mage::getModel('recurringpaymentssample/payment');

foreach ($connection->fetchAll($sql) as $profileArr) {

$profile = Mage::getModel('sales/recurring_profile')->addData($profileArr);

$orders = $profile->getResource()->getChildOrderIds($profile);

$countBillingCycling = count($orders);

if ($profile->getInitAmount())

$countBillingCycling--;

if ($profile->getBillFailedLater()){ // Auto Bill on Next Cycle

// multi charges

for ($i = 0; $i < $profile->getBillingCount(); $i++){

if ($recurring->chargeRecurringProfile($profile)){

$countBillingCycling++;

} else {

break;

}

if ($countBillingCycling >= $profile->getPeriodMaxCycles()){

$profile->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::STATE_SUSPENDED);

break;

}

} else {

// single charge

if ($recurring->chargeRecurringProfile($profile))

$countBillingCycling++;

if ($countBillingCycling >= $profile->getPeriodMaxCycles())

$profile->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::STATE_SUSPENDED);

}

Finally, the method for charging a profile:

public function chargeRecurringProfile(Mage_Payment_Model_Recurring_Profile $profile){
        Mage::log(__METHOD__.'; Profile #'.$profile->getId(), null, 'recurringpaymentssample.log');

        // send fake request to charge
        $responseRecurring = $this->_sendRequest('chargeRecurringAmount', array(
            'amount' => $profile->getTaxAmount() + $profile->getBillingAmount() + $profile->getShippingAmount(),
            'token' => $profile->getReferenceId()
        ));

        if ($responseRecurring['result'] == 'SUCCESS'){
            $productItemInfo = new Varien_Object;
            $productItemInfo->setPaymentType(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::PAYMENT_TYPE_REGULAR);
            $productItemInfo->setPrice( $profile->getTaxAmount() + $profile->getBillingAmount() + $profile->getShippingAmount() );

            $order = $profile->createOrder($productItemInfo);
            $order->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Order::STATE_NEW);
            $trans_id = 'trans-' . uniqid();

            $payment = $order->getPayment();
            $payment->setTransactionId($trans_id)->setIsTransactionClosed(1);
            $order->save();
            $profile->addOrderRelation($order->getId());
            $payment->save();

            $transaction= Mage::getModel('sales/order_payment_transaction');
            $transaction->setTxnId($trans_id);
            $transaction->setTxnType(Mage_Sales_Model_Order_Payment_Transaction::TYPE_CAPTURE);
            $transaction->setPaymentId($payment->getId());
            $transaction->setOrderId($order->getId());
            $transaction->setOrderPaymentObject($payment);
            $transaction->setIsClosed( 1 );
            $transaction->save();

            $profile->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::STATE_ACTIVE);

            // change updated_at to one cycle ahead
            $this->_setUpdateDateToNextPeriod($profile->getId());

            return true;

        }

        return false;
    }

public function chargeRecurringProfile(Mage_Payment_Model_Recurring_Profile $profile){

Mage::log(__METHOD__.'; Profile #'.$profile->getId(), null, 'recurringpaymentssample.log');

// send fake request to charge

$responseRecurring = $this->_sendRequest('chargeRecurringAmount', array(

'amount' => $profile->getTaxAmount() + $profile->getBillingAmount() + $profile->getShippingAmount(),

'token' => $profile->getReferenceId()

));

if ($responseRecurring['result'] == 'SUCCESS'){

$productItemInfo = new Varien_Object;

$productItemInfo->setPaymentType(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::PAYMENT_TYPE_REGULAR);

$productItemInfo->setPrice( $profile->getTaxAmount() + $profile->getBillingAmount() + $profile->getShippingAmount() );

$order = $profile->createOrder($productItemInfo);

$order->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Order::STATE_NEW);

$trans_id = 'trans-' . uniqid();

$payment = $order->getPayment();

$payment->setTransactionId($trans_id)->setIsTransactionClosed(1);

$order->save();

$profile->addOrderRelation($order->getId());

$payment->save();

$transaction= Mage::getModel('sales/order_payment_transaction');

$transaction->setTxnId($trans_id);

$transaction->setTxnType(Mage_Sales_Model_Order_Payment_Transaction::TYPE_CAPTURE);

$transaction->setPaymentId($payment->getId());

$transaction->setOrderId($order->getId());

$transaction->setOrderPaymentObject($payment);

$transaction->setIsClosed( 1 );

$transaction->save();

$profile->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Recurring_Profile::STATE_ACTIVE);

// change updated_at to one cycle ahead

$this->_setUpdateDateToNextPeriod($profile->getId());

return true;

}

return false;

}

To get the full source code, just download the sample gateway from the link below.

Download ModulesGarden Recurring Profiles Sample For Magento

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Recurring Payments In Magento, 4.9 out of 5 based on 67 ratings

14 comments

John

15 October 2014 at 2:43 am

I am trying to find a recurring billing solution that can process recurring billing and one-time purchases in the same cart. Then run the necessary charges and generate the orders when they are due.

Is this something you can do for us?

- Piotr Dołęga
  
  15 October 2014 at 10:03 am
  
  Certainly John, that will not be a problem for us. We have already created such solutions. Good example is extension GPN DATA For Magento mentioned in this post. Feel free to discuss the details here: modulesgarden.com/order/request
amit bera

13 November 2014 at 9:10 pm

Can you please tell ,is this extension create daily basic order on billing frequency= one day and billing period =1day?

Piotr Dołęga

18 November 2014 at 10:16 am

Yes it supports all combinations of billing period and frequency, including daily basic order in billing frequency & billing period = 1day. Just do not forget to set the cron correctly.

Mary Johnson

1 January 2015 at 7:59 am

I Read your blog you have mentioned almost many things about layaway payments and how it can be effective for Magento Store owners. But it can be more informative if you will emphasize more on GPN Data Magento and how it can be beneficial for customers, but over all nice way to cover recurring payments in Magento guidelines

Виктор

27 November 2015 at 7:26 am

Does your extension give the ability to process more than one recurring payment at a time? The current Magneto recurring products only allows one recurring product to process at a time through the checkout.

- Joanna Zając
  
  2 December 2015 at 8:59 am
  
  The extension unfortunately does not provide the ability to process multiple recurring products through the checkout at the same time.
kj

14 January 2016 at 10:20 am

I set recurring_profile attribute as downloadable product enabled.
And I could buy downloadable product with recurring profile ,but
download link was not displayed at download list .

Could you please teach me how can I display download link with recurring profile. ?

- Joanna Zając
  
  15 January 2016 at 4:34 pm
  
  Please contact our Support Team and describe the problem in detail. Once you open a ticket, we will help you eliminate any issues you have encountered.
Teenabiswas

4 August 2016 at 10:33 am

Thanks for sharing information !!!

Christie

3 September 2016 at 9:43 am

Thanks for this info.

Please is there a way to set multiple recurring options for customers to select at checkout? From what I see, you can only set one option per product but not sure if I am correct.

Piotr Dołęga

12 September 2016 at 3:46 pm

Christie, the code is based on a default Magento configuration therefore it is not possible to set multiple recurring options for customers to select at checkout with its help.

Rajbir Singh

12 July 2017 at 11:08 am

Hello Piotr Dołęga,

Thanks for such a beautiful information.

am not able to download example code from given link on text “Download ModulesGarden Recurring Profiles Sample For Magento”.

can you please help me with this ?

Thank you

- Piotr Dołęga
  
  12 July 2017 at 4:50 pm
  
  Great, many thanks!
  
  Good catch, the URL required an update. I have just fixed it.
  
  All you need now is to log in to our client area when prompted.