paypal test

The code for the second image has the original target="_top".  Clicking the image doesn't work.

In the third image the target is removed. The line becomes <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">

The above Paypal buttons are for demonstration purposes only. I am not actually selling anything or asking for money.

Google prevents opening the Paypal page in the same page for security reasons. 

The line <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"> Must be changed to <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_blank">. 

target="_new" also works. Removing the target entirely also works.  <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">

Some people at PayPal understand this but others don't.

Another option is to embed the shareable link if you are offered one instead of embedding the code.

<body> 

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_blank"> 

<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"> 

<input type="hidden" name="encrypted" value="-----BEGIN PKCS7-----MIIHTwYJKoZIhvcNAQcEoIIHQDCCBzwCAQExggEwMIIBLAIBADCBlDCBjjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxCzAJBgNVBAgTAkNBMRYwFAYDVQQHEw1Nb3VudGFpbiBWaWV3MRQwEgYDVQQKEwtQYXlQYWwgSW5jLjETMBEGA1UECxQKbGl2ZV9jZXJ0czERMA8GA1UEAxQIbGl2ZV9hcGkxHDAaBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWDXJlQHBheXBhbC5jb20CAQAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQAEgYBrvi98GoB/0b/XCXH3db/ZsGv26iYbPiKDg9Z8W97NbYzmUfhvFIAltbHZCeV7ZtYAdJ6GNMiAJ274HBEQpz7TIChgjr8ptCjCP3QT/k0ULPKpkIuoYrA3n6EyAuH0Bu8M0nrG3k7GmI1SwOSHypmMWFNSWAOItZLZaaOa99qqjjELMAkGBSsOAwIaBQAwgcwGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAUBggqhkiG9w0DBwQIcNE2478ZDoeAgahJnnoeY4uEh2X8zHxP/9adHy9zzuZ+vvdPX7dCYbJ8kYjLu89SupdL6PBUwTp15JuxikdjIulDVOoXyURPAwzD17e94gflxBJHmHaYwUEyfxon3jfg9kVlUE7VXdBWaLCCPXXktE97bEF9ilmy5wPu+IqluY3JCzKWF7oLpRorRWu2RshN7AeSyWQM5ps3hzXnGfT1fPfFAF2+NrS9SszG2FcrL44e7d6gggOHMIIDgzCCAuygAwIBAgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBjjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxCzAJBgNVBAgTAkNBMRYwFAYDVQQHEw1Nb3VudGFpbiBWaWV3MRQwEgYDVQQKEwtQYXlQYWwgSW5jLjETMBEGA1UECxQKbGl2ZV9jZXJ0czERMA8GA1UEAxQIbGl2ZV9hcGkxHDAaBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWDXJlQHBheXBhbC5jb20wHhcNMDQwMjEzMTAxMzE1WhcNMzUwMjEzMTAxMzE1WjCBjjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxCzAJBgNVBAgTAkNBMRYwFAYDVQQHEw1Nb3VudGFpbiBWaWV3MRQwEgYDVQQKEwtQYXlQYWwgSW5jLjETMBEGA1UECxQKbGl2ZV9jZXJ0czERMA8GA1UEAxQIbGl2ZV9hcGkxHDAaBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWDXJlQHBheXBhbC5jb20wgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGBAMFHTt38RMxLXJyO2SmS+Ndl72T7oKJ4u4uw+6awntALWh03PewmIJuzbALScsTS4sZoS1fKciBGoh11gIfHzylvkdNe/hJl66/RGqrj5rFb08sAABNTzDTiqqNpJeBsYs/c2aiGozptX2RlnBktH+SUNpAajW724Nv2Wvhif6sFAgMBAAGjge4wgeswHQYDVR0OBBYEFJaffLvGbxe9WT9S1wob7BDWZJRrMIG7BgNVHSMEgbMwgbCAFJaffLvGbxe9WT9S1wob7BDWZJRroYGUpIGRMIGOMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzELMAkGA1UECBMCQ0ExFjAUBgNVBAcTDU1vdW50YWluIFZpZXcxFDASBgNVBAoTC1BheVBhbCBJbmMuMRMwEQYDVQQLFApsaXZlX2NlcnRzMREwDwYDVQQDFAhsaXZlX2FwaTEcMBoGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYNcmVAcGF5cGFsLmNvbYIBADAMBgNVHRMEBTADAQH/MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA4GBAIFfOlaagFrl71+jq6OKidbWFSE+Q4FqROvdgIONth+8kSK//Y/4ihuE4Ymvzn5ceE3S/iBSQQMjyvb+s2TWbQYDwcp129OPIbD9epdr4tJOUNiSojw7BHwYRiPh58S1xGlFgHFXwrEBb3dgNbMUa+u4qectsMAXpVHnD9wIyfmHMYIBmjCCAZYCAQEwgZQwgY4xCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMQswCQYDVQQIEwJDQTEWMBQGA1UEBxMNTW91bnRhaW4gVmlldzEUMBIGA1UEChMLUGF5UGFsIEluYy4xEzARBgNVBAsUCmxpdmVfY2VydHMxETAPBgNVBAMUCGxpdmVfYXBpMRwwGgYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFg1yZUBwYXlwYWwuY29tAgEAMAkGBSsOAwIaBQCgXTAYBgkqhkiG9w0BCQMxCwYJKoZIhvcNAQcBMBwGCSqGSIb3DQEJBTEPFw0xNDAxMDcyMzU3MzlaMCMGCSqGSIb3DQEJBDEWBBSIR106ebYBByTSPhS2majAJ1sFfzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASBgEVwbzNWVzN0bgNVKZPDV7y6vLzMtSPkw36sLzr4mK5hCo6R+r/w0QkHRZGqW1WCSUg9fGQr8tVLiOuk4DUZCX8FsuBSqDu88Q93ep3dcecm2bIWFXR/821G9/0FBryQ7woYQ6U+tdthDghFofEtp6ud7Ukah6UVh9pLuBnX2REf-----END PKCS7----- 

"> 

<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"> 

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"> 

</form> 

</body> 

This is the code for my add to cart button:

<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" >

<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">

<input type="hidden" name="encrypted" value="-----BEGIN PKCS7-----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-----END PKCS7-----">

<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_cart_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">

</form>