Level 51
Cashier is not just for subscriptions and can handle one off payments
So you can do
$stripeCharge = $user->charge(100); // one off payment of 1 USD
Nov 4, 2018
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Level 5
What is a good solution for one time payments?
Hi;
Cashier seems like a great solution for recurring billing.
What is a good solution for one time payments?
I see Jeff has archived the Stripe series.
Thanks
Level 23
@D9705996 you say that but in the introduction of cashier it explicitly states
f you're only performing "one-off" charges and do not offer subscriptions, you should not use Cashier. Instead, use the Stripe and Braintree SDKs directly.
Level 51
@shez1983 - I've read that documentation loads and have never noticed the big red danger box!
You can then just use
\Stripe\Stripe::setApiKey(Config::get('services.stripe.secret'));
\Stripe\Charge::create([
"amount" => 2000,
"currency" => "usd",
"source" => "tok_mastercard", // obtained with Stripe.js
"description" => "Charge for [email protected]"
]);
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Level 15
Really just use the Stripe API directly. It is easy to work with for one off payments.
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Level 36
why not use Paypal?
Level 2
@FREZNO - PayPal charges are higher than Stripe. Also, Stripe API is very useful and easy to use.
Level 9
Yea stripe is simple and works well.
Level 80
@D9705996 Cashier is fine for one-off payments, despite the warning in the documentation. I use Cashier to capture charges for rentals in a moderate-sized video on demand site I run.
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Level 51
@martinbean - Awesome, Wonder why there is a big danger warning then?
Level 80
@D9705996 - I think the warning’s more, if you’re only doing one-off charges then just use Stripe/Cashier’s SDKs directly rather than pulling in Cashier. Cashier is primarily for subscription-based charging, but can also do single charges as a “secondary” feature.
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