PayPal offers a fast and reliable online payment service that allows you to pay, send money, and accept payments.
But life is not this simple!
If you are a Magento store owner in India and using PayPal for online payments, you might have faced problems with it when the base currency is INR.
Paypal does not allow payments in the Magento store with base currency as INR by default.
Any issue with the payments is bound to affect the sales and shopping experience of the Magento store. And we don’t want that in business!
Hence the solution to Magento Paypal issue with base currency INR is posted below:
Solution for Magento PayPal Issue With Base Currency INR:
Copy file app/code/core/Mage/Paypal/Model/Config.php
Paste at app/code/local/Mage/Paypal/Model/Config.php
At line number 229, find
protected $_supportedCurrencyCodes = array('AUD', 'CAD', 'CZK', 'DKK', 'EUR', 'HKD', 'HUF', 'ILS', 'JPY', 'MXN', 'NOK', 'NZD', 'PLN', 'GBP', 'SGD', 'SEK', 'CHF', 'USD', 'TWD', 'THB');
and replace with
protected $_supportedCurrencyCodes = array('AUD', 'CAD', 'CZK', 'DKK', 'EUR', 'HKD', 'HUF', 'ILS', 'JPY', 'MXN', 'NOK', 'NZD', 'PLN', 'GBP', 'SGD', 'SEK', 'CHF', 'USD', 'TWD', 'THB','INR');
And that’s it!
You have a solution for the Magento Paypal issue with INR as the base currency!
You can thank me later once the cash starts flowing in your account
Recently, we also published a solution to another common issue with this payment gateway because of custom amounts in order total. You can read it at How to Manage Custom Amount with PayPal in Magento 2.
Don’t forget to help the Indian Magento store owners with this PayPal issue by sharing the solution via social media.
Thanks.
