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[fresh fiber]

Payment Links support custom amounts: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout/pay-what-you-want

As for custom data, depends what you need to pass and where it needs to be persisted

[quick coyote]

its just a reference number so the client can easily link the payment to an order in the system

it needs to be stored against the transaction in stripe

looking at the link your provided, it appears that i would need to make use of the sdk, is that correct?

it also says i would need to create the product

[fresh fiber]

Not for Payment Links no, you can create them in the Dashboard

[fresh fiber]

You'd need to create a single 'custom amount' product, yes

[quick coyote]

does every stripe transaction require a product?

or can i just , even if its entirely via the api, just pass in an amount, or does the amount need to be attached to a product?

[fresh fiber]

Yes if you're using hosted UIs

[fresh fiber]

You can do that if using Payment Intents & Elements, but then there's more integration work

[quick coyote]

so if i want to pass a custom amount, and custom data to stripe for processing without the need to create products, does that mean i would need to read up on Intents and Elements?

[fresh fiber]

Yep!

But again, it'd be a single reusable Product object for custom amounts

You wouldn't be creating a unique Product object each time

[quick coyote]

right ok... that helps massively! thanks! final question, what is the min php requirement for the sdk?

[fresh fiber]

Depends on SDK version, but 5.6.0 for the latest: https://github.com/stripe/stripe-php#requirements

[quick coyote]

Perfect, thanks @fresh fiber help is appreciated!