Braintree payments Escrow Funding

2
votes

I am trying to implement escrow funding using braintree in php. I have downloaded library from here. My code is below:-

require_once "../braintree/lib/Braintree.php";

Braintree_Configuration::environment("sandbox");
Braintree_Configuration::merchantId("was4zgn5x6vt99h");
Braintree_Configuration::publicKey("ydjrasdwyw9npkvnw4");
Braintree_Configuration::privateKey("f197ac5a66a1fsad37d3950890b2cbda9");

$result = Braintree_Transaction::sale(
  array(
'amount' => "100.00",

'creditCard' => array(
  'number' => "4111111111111111",
  'expirationDate' => "12/2014",
),
'options' => array(
  'submitForSettlement' => true,
  'holdInEscrow' => true,
)

  )
    );
echo "<pre>";
 print_r("\n  message: " . $result->message);

It is working for direct payment. But It is not working for escrow. Please check my code.

Error is:-

"message: Transaction could not be held in escrow."

I have got the code from here

3
phpbraintree
It seems, that it's not your code error. They can't process this transaction as escrow. - user4035
I am not clear what are you saying. Please give me some links that can help me.. - Bik
If those are your real keys, you're probably going to want to change them... - Brad Werth
Thanks @BradWerth, no these are not my real keys. COuld you please suggest me something about braintree escrow....... - Bik
@Bik Did you ever figure it out? I'm having the same issue - Devin Dixon

3 Answers

6
votes

At last i got the actual answer from Braintree. I had to add two more parameters. One merchantAccountId and other is serviceFeeAmount. Here merchantAccountId id is actually sub merchant merchantAccountId. You will get merchantAccountId from Braintree. After logging in, go to settings->Processing. At the bottom of the page you will get View All Merchant Account. Here you will get merchantAccountId. Don't use default merchantAccountId it will not work.

require_once "../braintree/lib/Braintree.php";
Braintree_Configuration::environment("sandbox");
Braintree_Configuration::merchantId("was4zgn5x6vt99h");
Braintree_Configuration::publicKey("ydjrasdwyw9npkvnw4");
Braintree_Configuration::privateKey("f197ac5a66a1fsad37d3950890b2cbda9");

$result = Braintree_Transaction::sale(
  array(
'amount' => "100.00",
'merchantAccountId' => 'test_user_instant_5vcgn574',
'creditCard' => array(
  'number' => "4111111111111111",
  'expirationDate' => "12/2014",
),
'options' => array(
  'submitForSettlement' => true,
  'holdInEscrow' => true,
),
'serviceFeeAmount' =>'1'

  )
);
echo "<pre>";
print_r("\n  message: " . $result->message);
4
votes

I think that you need two things:

  1. Pass a merchant_account_id - see example on https://www.braintreepayments.com/docs/php/transactions/escrow

  2. You can only do escrow if your merchant account is using Marketplace. https://www.braintreepayments.com/docs/php/guide/marketplace

2
votes

I think you made a mistake in your code:

'options' => array(
  'submitForSettlement' => true,
  'holdInEscrow' => true,
)

Should be:

'holdInEscrow' => true

There should be no comma after 'holdInEscrow' => true