Hello, my name is Abraham and I'm here to tell you a story. Well maybe not a story but once you are rolling in bling maybe you will tell a story about me.

Once you have gone through this example code you should be able to integrate a PHP application with the Chargify API like a dream.

This example application is open sourced under a MIT license.

If you have improvements or find bugs with this example application please open an issue on Github. For problems with Chargify please use their support site.

Example issue tracker: http://github.com/abraham/chargify/issues/

Chargify support: http://support.chargify.com/

In this example application I'm using an open source PHP library that can be found on GitHub. I could write my own classes to directly interact with Chargify but they would likely have errors as well as take longer to learn for new developers. If the PHP library does not work how you want; fork it, hack it, and contribute back to the community.

The Chargify PHP Client has a test mode which we will be using for this entire example application.

Source code: http://github.com/jforrest/Chargify-PHP-Client/

Download the Chargify PHP Client code either as an archive or with Git.

git clone http://github.com/jforrest/Chargify-PHP-Client.git 

Edit lib/ChargifyConnector.php and save your API key and domain. It is recommended to always use a Chargify set to test mode when starting out.

Anytime you wish to interact with Chargify require the Chargify.php file.

require_once('Chargify-PHP-Client/lib/Chargify.php');

Products in Chargify are the things to which you are giving access through Subscriptions.

The Products API currently only allows listing and lookup operations.

Example code is in products.php.

Product API docs: http://support.chargify.com/faqs/api/api-products/

$test = TRUE;
$products = new ChargifyProduct(NULL, $test);
$all_products = $products->getAllProducts();

$all_products will contain details of all your products and their settings.

products.php has examples for getting product objects by ID and handle.

Customers in Chargify are the people or entities which are gaining access to your Products through Subscriptions. Customers may correlate to the Users in your application.

Example code is in customers.php.

Customer API docs: http://support.chargify.com/faqs/api/api-customers/

$test = TRUE;
$customer = new ChargifyCustomer(NULL, $test);
$customer = new ChargifyCustomer(NULL, $test);
$customer->first_name = 'Joe';
$customer->last_name = 'Smith';
$customer->email = '[email protected]';
$new_customer = $customer->create();

$new_customer will contain details of the new customer record.

$test = TRUE;
$customer = new ChargifyCustomer(NULL, $test);
$customers = $customer->getAllCustomers();

$customers will contain an array of up to 50 customers. You can page through the results by passing a page number to getAllCustomers(3)

$test = TRUE;
$customer = new ChargifyCustomer(NULL, $test);
$customer->id = $customers[0]->id;
$customer_x = $customer->getByID();

$customer_x will contain a single customer object for the specified ID.

$test = TRUE;
$customer = new ChargifyCustomer(NULL, $test);
$customer->id = $id;
$customer_x->first_name = 'Jane';
$new_customer->last_name = 'Smith';
$customer_x->email = '[email protected]';
$customer_x = $customer_x->update();

$customer_x gets updated with the new customer record information.

$test = TRUE;
$customer = new ChargifyCustomer(NULL, $test);
$customer->id = $id;
$deleted_customer = $customer->delete();

Deletes the the customer with the matching $id. Not yet supported by the API.

Subscriptions in Chargify give access to a particular Product for a particular Customer. They are usually recurring in nature, and all of the complexities of renewal, dunning, and expiration management are handled by Chargify.

Example code is in subscriptions.php.

Customer API docs: http://support.chargify.com/faqs/api/api-subscriptions/

$test = TRUE;
$customer = new ChargifyCustomer(NULL, $test);
$customer = new ChargifyCustomer(NULL, $test);
$customer->first_name = 'Joe';
$customer->last_name = 'Smith';
$customer->email = '[email protected]';
$new_customer = $customer->create();

$new_customer will contain details of the new customer record.

$card = new ChargifyCreditCard(NULL, $test);
$card->first_name = "Jane";
$card->last_name = "Smith";
// 1 is used in test mode for a vald credit card.
$card->full_number = '1';
$card->cvv = '123';
$card->expiration_month = "02";
$card->expiration_year = "2011";
$card->billing_address = "123 any st";
$card->billing_city = "Anytown";
$card->billing_state = "CA";
$card->billing_zip = "55555";
$card->billing_country = 'US';

$card will contain details of the customers credit card.

$product = new ChargifyProduct(NULL, $test);
$products = $product->getAllProducts();

$products will include a list of products. The first will be used in the subscription. You can skip this if you know the product handle.

$subscription = new ChargifySubscription(NULL, $test);
$subscription->customer_attributes = $customer;
$subscription->credit_card_attributes = $card;
// Uses the first exising product. Replace with a product handle string.
$subscription->product_handle = $products[0]->handle;

try {
  $new_subscription = $subscription->create();
  print_r($new_subscription);
} catch (ChargifyValidationException $cve) {
  // Error handling code.
  echo $cve->getMessage();
}

Create a new subscription or log/notify user of an issue.

$subscription = new ChargifySubscription(NULL, $test);

try {
  $subscription = $subscription->getByID($new_subscription->id);
  print_r($subscription);
} catch (ChargifyValidationException $cve) {
  // Error handling code.
  echo $cve->getMessage();
}

$subscriptoin will contain details of the subscription matching the id.

$subscription = new ChargifySubscription(NULL, $test);

try {
  $subscription = $subscription->getByID($new_subscription->id);
  print_r($subscription);
} catch (ChargifyValidationException $cve) {
  // Error handling code.
  echo $cve->getMessage();
}

$subscriptoin will contain details of the subscription matching the id.

There you have it. A quick into to using Chargify with PHP.

Be sure to report an issues with this example to the issue tracker.

http://github.com/abraham/chargify/issues/