How can one effectively handle and store payment details retrieved from the Paypal REST API in a PHP application?

To effectively handle and store payment details retrieved from the Paypal REST API in a PHP application, you can securely store the payment details in a database after retrieving them from the API. Make sure to encrypt sensitive information like credit card numbers before storing them. You can then retrieve and display the payment details as needed within your application. 

// Assume $paymentDetails is an array containing payment details retrieved from Paypal REST API

// Connect to your database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "dbname";
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Encrypt sensitive information before storing in the database
$encryptedCreditCard = openssl_encrypt($paymentDetails['credit_card_number'], 'AES-128-CBC', 'encryption_key', 0, 'encryption_iv');

// Insert payment details into database
$sql = "INSERT INTO payments (payment_id, amount, credit_card_number) VALUES ('".$paymentDetails['payment_id']."', '".$paymentDetails['amount']."', '".$encryptedCreditCard."')";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
    echo "Payment details stored successfully";
} else {
    echo "Error storing payment details: " . $conn->error;
}

// Close database connection
$conn->close();

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Paypal REST API PHP application payment details data storage error handling

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