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Wrong currency symbol shown in VirtueMart Paypal checkout

VirtueMart 1.1

This is actually a major bug in the VirtueMart Paypal integration. In a multi-currency store the currency symbol is completely ignored by the Paypal payment module and is passed as the VirtueMart store default currency symbol
I found this solution in the VirtueMart Forums.

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Joomla VirtueMart Paypal Order Currency Symbol

In a multicurrency VirtueMart store, even if you are checking out in a non-default currency the currency symbol passed is always the default currency symbol.

From the backend of your Joomla installation go to Components-->VirtueMart then Store-->List Payment Methods.
Click on the Paypal entry and go to the Configuration tab. Add the code below right at the top just after the opening php tag.

$currencysymbol = "";
if ($_SESSION['product_currency'] == "EUR" )
      {
      $currencysymbol = "EUR";
      }
elseif ($_SESSION['product_currency'] == "GBP" )
      {
      $currencysymbol = "GBP";
      }
else
{$currencysymbol = "USD";}

and then find the line -->

"currency_code" => $_SESSION['vendor_currency'],

and change to -->

"currency_code" => $currencysymbol,

Joomla VirtueMart Paypal Order Correct Currency

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 December 2009 12:55

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