HSBC Payment module for Zen Cart

This page offers a download of an HSBC payment module for use with the Zen Cart e-commerce engine.

A little backstory

A while back I began working on a site for some Wine Merchant friends of mine. They wanted an e-commerce site that would let customers buy wine online. Because we were on a tight budget and not able to develop a bespoke e-commerce system we decided to use Zen Cart. The chances are you already know what that is since you are reading this page.

Anyway, they also needed to be able to accept payments via HSBC Secure E-Payment System. A quick bit of research revealed there was an HSBC payment module for Zen Cart. Hurrah!.

HSBC and Zen Cart

So now the fun begins. It's not possible to test anything with HSBC until the account is up and running and you are paying them for the privilege. So perhaps testing was left a little late in the day. We discovered that the HSBC payment module didn't work.

A working HSBC payment gateway

After much struggling, I have managed to fix the module and what's more keep it tidy enough that it can be installed into anyone's Zen Cart set up without a great deal of messing around.

There is a "ReadMe" file in the Zip. Read it. You will need to create a new database table (SQL supplied) and change the way the default Zen Orders table is set up.

Disclaimer

I make NO promises as to the quality of the coding, and I take no responsibility for damage caused to your site or any losses caused by the module.

I developed it for my own use, and it works. I'm happy.

Other Zen Cart users have been asking me to help with, or supply the module to them so I am making it available here for download.

REMEMBER TO BACK UP ALL THE FILES YOU ARE REPLACING AND DO A DATABASE BACKUP BEFORE YOU START TO INSTALL THE MODULE