Testing

This is a generalized testing procedure which should work for most gateways. Some of the instructions for specific gateways in the Supported Gateways section of the documentation have specific testing instructions. If the page for your gateway has these specific instructions, then use those instructions instead of these.

To test your communication with your payment gateway:

Walk through a test order in your storefront as a customer until you reach the payment page.
Select Visa for a payment method
Enter this credit card number
4111111111111111
Enter any expiration date that is in the future.
Submit the transaction by clicking "Continue"
Continue through the process, and you should get a declined message. This will indicate that communication is working properly. You may want to place an order using an actual credit card number as a final test. You should be able to void the transaction afterwards, using your payment gateway's control panel.

If you set the Connection Method for your gateway to Server to Server, your server will need to have CURL and OpenSSL installed. To make sure they are working properly, open the diag_curl.php file in your browser, which is located in your squirrelcart folder. The URL should be similar to:

http://www.example.com/squirrelcart/diag_curl.php