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wjgilmore · 06-12-2009, 12:57 PM

Hi,

They do it by complying with the stringent measures as determined by the FTC (in the US, anyway) and the PCI rules as defined by the credit card companies. If your only goal is to accept credit card payments, the easiest way is to keep the credit card info for only long enough to complete the payment (which should be near instantaneous when working with a payment gateway or PayPal). If the customers makes a subsequent purchase, simply require him to enter the credit card info anew. While doing so is a minor hassle, it's far less so than having to deal with a stolen credit card.

Hope this helps!
Jason

06-12-2009, 12:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
wjgilmore The Wanderer Join Date: May 2009 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 10 Thanks: 0	Hi, They do it by complying with the stringent measures as determined by the FTC (in the US, anyway) and the PCI rules as defined by the credit card companies. If your only goal is to accept credit card payments, the easiest way is to keep the credit card info for only long enough to complete the payment (which should be near instantaneous when working with a payment gateway or PayPal). If the customers makes a subsequent purchase, simply require him to enter the credit card info anew. While doing so is a minor hassle, it's far less so than having to deal with a stolen credit card. Hope this helps! Jason __________________ == Author, "Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework" http://www.easyphpwebsites.com