The paymentInit function is designed to initiate a payment process by sending a PAYMENT_INIT request to the payment provider. This function constructs an XML request, sends it through a curl service, and processes the response to extract a transaction ID, which is crucial for subsequent payment steps.

Functionality

• Purpose: To initiate a payment process and obtain a transaction ID from the payment provider.

• Operation: Sends a PAYMENT_INIT operation request to the payment provider's API.

The XML request is built with the following parameters:

• operation: Set to "PAYMENT_INIT" to indicate the initiation of a payment.

• profileID: Your unique profile identifier provided by the payment provider.

• securityCode: A security code associated with your profile for authentication.

• method: Left empty ('') as the specific payment method is not required for initiation.

Not Required every time.

You don’t need to request payment initialize function. We auto create transaction id for every payment request.

use Stegback\Ratepay\Services\RatepayApi;

{
        $ratepay = new RatepayApi;
        $response = $ratepay->paymentInit();
        return $response;
}