Paypal no_note = 0不再有效

Question

I am a bit confused as I can't force PayPal to allow buyers to add a note in the shopping cart despite sending the no_note=0 command.

My script sends this code:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr/?a=1&item_name_1=blahblahblah&amount_1=2&item_name_2=Donation&amount_2=0&charset=UTF-8&no_note=0&currency_code=USD&lc=gb&cmd=_cart&upload=1&business=[e-mail]&invoice=jxZsXWfzR&rm=2

But I can't get PayPal to allow the buyer to enter a note. I am sure it was working a few months ago. Has this feature been removed? Is there a workaround?

Answer 1

It appears no_note is completely deprecated: https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/paypal-payments-standard/integration-guide/Appx_websitestandard_htmlvariables/#deprecated-variables

Still, it's confusing what's going to happen if this value is not present or 'ignored' as Paypal says. I started a support ticket and if I receive an answer I'll post it here.

UPDATE - received a reply from Paypal:

"Note feature is no longer available at our end. You are not required to send any parameter to PayPal to hide note field during checkout."

So it appears that now the note will not show up at all by default (which also suggests that it's impossible to show this note to buyers any more).