Question
Following is a simplified version of a feature I'm working on. If someone can help with this, I can easily adapt it to my real world situation.
In my example, if the form is submitted with the English version of input[id=item_name] active in the JavaScript, it works. With the Russian version of input[id=item_name] active, it doesn't work...the problem is that when you end up on PayPal, the description is Gobbledygook.
If you submit the form with each version of input[id=item_name] active you will see the problem when you get to PayPal (on the Description).
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17665073
italiano
english
français
española
中国
日本の
العربية
Deutsch
한국어
Português
Russian<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" accept-charset="UTF-8">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="email@website.com">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="RU">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" id="item_name" value="">
<input type="hidden"name="amount" id="amount" value="">
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
/*This Doesn't Work*/
$('input[id=item_name]').val('50 слов перевода');
/*This Does Work*/
/*$('input[id=item_name]').val('50 Word Translation');*/
$('input[id=amount]').val('5.00');
</script>
</body>
</html>
Solution
Can you add an extra input field to your form and see if it changes anything?
<input type="hidden" name="charset" value="utf-8">
Check this as well: http://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/19293/paypal-greek-characters.aspx#84782 I don't have access to a PP Sandbox at the moment, otherwise I'd attempt to help more.
