https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/the-link-for-paypal-contains-an-incorrectly-formatted-item-amount Gravity Support Forums Topic: The link for Paypal contains an incorrectly formatted item amount. en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:22:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/the-link-for-paypal-contains-an-incorrectly-formatted-item-amount#post-50410 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:36:49 +0000 hypergolica 50410@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello, for reasons explained here, I am running Gravity Forms 1.6.2 and not 1.6.3:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/ajax-stopped-functioning" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/ajax-stopped-functioning</a></p> <p>The problem described above was one I had prior to the update. I continue to get the same problem (and had a similar problem with the updated version.)</p> <p>The payment form can be found here:<br /> <a href="http://www.aur.edu/american-university-rome/admissions/online-payment-gateway-summer-2012/" rel="nofollow">http://www.aur.edu/american-university-rome/admissions/online-payment-gateway-summer-2012/</a><br /> password: paypal2</p> <p>Sometimes it works, and sometimes I get this:</p> <p>"The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount."</p> <p>Can anyone provide any insight? Thank you. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/the-link-for-paypal-contains-an-incorrectly-formatted-item-amount#post-50235 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:35:46 +0000 hypergolica 50235@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi, I'm using Carl's paypal transaction script from here:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/adding-paypal-transaction-fee" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/adding-paypal-transaction-fee</a></p> <p>Strangely, when I change the percent to 2.75% (instead of 2.4%) and remove the added ¢30 fee, I get the following message:</p> <p>"The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount."</p> <p>The code I've changed is as follows:<br /> <code>return total + (total * 0.0275);</code><br /> from the Javascript, so the 2.75% is included in the total on the form.</p> <p>Then, in the add_filter, I change:<br /> <code>$fee = ($total * 0.024) + 0.3;</code></p> <p>to:<br /> <code>$fee = $total * 0.0275;</code><br /> (Note: I tried both with and without parenthesis around the operation.)</p> <p>It took me a while to figure out that when I put the original code back in place, it worked fine. So what is it Paypal doesn't like about my 2.75%?</p> <p>Any ideas? Thank you for your help! </p>