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jovial fogBOT Sep 17, 2025, 7:14 AM

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umbral rose Sep 17, 2025, 7:26 AM

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Hello! Sorry for the wait, i dont see your code snippet, is it possible to send it?

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Just curious, why did you decide to use confirmation tokens since you are collecting the payment method details on your own?

jovial fogBOT Sep 17, 2025, 8:06 AM

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slate flower Sep 17, 2025, 8:19 AM

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No worries about the delay - Yes, and here is my code snippet:
$client->paymentIntents->create([
'amount' => $amount,
'currency' => $currency,
'customer' => $customer->id,
'confirm' => true,
'confirmation_token' => $tokenId,
'payment_method_types' => ['card'],
'metadata' => [
'order_id' => (string) $orderId,
'cart_id' => (string) $cart->id,
],
'return_url' => $successUrl,
]);

sage quest Sep 17, 2025, 8:20 AM

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Hey! Taking over for my colleague. Let me catch up.

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Sorry I'm not sure I understand what is the issue you are facing actually ?

slate flower Sep 17, 2025, 8:26 AM

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I’m working on a Stripe integration using the PaymentElement. In the docs (https://docs.stripe.com/payments/build-a-two-step-confirmation#create-ct), step 7 shows confirming the PaymentIntent on the frontend. When I checked the PaymentIntents API, I noticed there’s also an option to confirm the PaymentIntent directly on the backend using the confirmation token, without sending it back to the frontend again.

Is this considered a good/recommended approach?

sage quest Sep 17, 2025, 8:32 AM

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Yes that's possible too

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You may need to handle 3ds actions on the frontend

slate flower Sep 17, 2025, 8:38 AM

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Could you clarify what you mean by that? Wouldn’t it be enough if I collect the card details through the PaymentElement, send them to Stripe to get the confirmation token, and then pass that token to my backend where I create and confirm the PaymentIntent with it? Or would I still need to handle something on the frontend for 3DS/next actions?

sage quest Sep 17, 2025, 8:41 AM

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No, creating confirmaion token doesn't authenticate the card.

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Confirming the Payment in the frontend will handle 3DS, but when confirming the payment in the backend, you may need another call from your frontend to handle next actions (3DS)

slate flower Sep 17, 2025, 8:53 AM

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If I’m already passing a return_url when confirming the PaymentIntent on the backend, isn’t that URL supposed to be where Stripe (or the bank) redirects the customer after completing the 3DS check? In that case, why would I still need to handle this on the frontend separately?

sage quest Sep 17, 2025, 8:54 AM

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The return_url is used when the customer completes the 3DS on the frontend

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But in order to trigger the flow, you need to call the Stripe JS and handles the next action

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You can do a quick test using the 3DS cards and see the flow

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After confirming the Payment in your backend, if the status of the returned payment intent is "requires_action", you need to make this JS call from your frontend in order to complete the 3DS action

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https://docs.stripe.com/js/payment_intents/handle_next_action

slate flower Sep 17, 2025, 9:00 AM

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Got it, thanks for clarifying. So if instead of confirming the PaymentIntent directly on the backend, I just return the PaymentIntent client_secret and confirm it on the frontend, then I don’t need to manually handle 3DS or next actions myself — I can just call stripe.confirmPayment(...) and then check the result for any errors, right?

sage quest Sep 17, 2025, 9:04 AM

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Yeah, either that or you use the flow in the first guide you've shared

slate flower Sep 17, 2025, 9:09 AM

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Thank you for the help

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