# Payments

# Payment gateways

Payment gateways are of technical nature and won't be visible to the user. You can use the payment gateway settings page to configure your API keys and other settings for each gateway.

Each gateway can be used by one or many payment methods.

You can add custom gateways by implementing and registering a Payment provider class.

# Payment methods

Payment methods are presented to a customer during checkout. They abstract away the technical nature of a Payment gateway. You can define a name, a description and a logo for each payment method.

You can also specify special payment instructions (see below) or fees that will be added to the user's cart during checkout.

Payment methods use a single Payment gateway to process a payment.

# Fees

You can define fixed and variable fees that will be added to the user's cart during checkout.

If, for example, you want to forward your Stripe fees to the customer, you can add 0.30 USD as fixed fee and 2.9 % as percentage fee.

# Payment instructions

You can specify special payment instructions using Twig syntax in the Instructions field of any payment method.

By default, these instructions will be displayed when using the Payment method selector or Orders list components.

You can access a order variable (if available) to display additional information. During the checkout process you have access to the cart model since no order was created yet.

Sample instructions for a "Payment in advance" method could be:

{# 
    Check if the order has been created yet.
    During checkout this might not be the case
#}
{% if order %}
    Send your payment to:
    *Bank information*
    
    Payment id: {{ order.payment_hash }}
{% endif %}
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# PDF invoices

If you wish to send a PDF invoice to your customers during checkout you can do so starting from version 1.8.0.

When updating a payment method via the backend, you can select a PDF partial from the select box.

PDF partials need to be placed in your theme's partial folder at partials/mallPDF/<custom-name>/default.htm.

As soon as you have created this partial, it will be selectable in the payment method form.

Your invoice has to be a complete HTML document. You have access to all order data using the {{ order }} variable.

Take a look at the demo theme for an example implementation: https://github.com/OFFLINE-GmbH/oc-mall-theme/tree/master/partials/mallPDF/order (opens new window)

Read more about the PDF support on the PDF page.