$requestBody = '{"id":"WH-9UG43882HX7271132-6E0871324L7949614","event_version":"1.0","create_time":"2016-09-21T22:00:45Z","resource_type":"sale","event_type":"PAYMENT.SALE.COMPLETED","summary":"Payment completed for $ 21.0 USD","resource":{"id":"80F85758S3080410K","state":"completed","amount":{"total":"21.00","currency":"USD","details":{"subtotal":"17.50","tax":"1.30","shipping":"2.20"}},"payment_mode":"INSTANT_TRANSFER","protection_eligibility":"ELIGIBLE","protection_eligibility_type":"ITEM_NOT_RECEIVED_ELIGIBLE,UNAUTHORIZED_PAYMENT_ELIGIBLE","transaction_fee":{"value":"0.91","currency":"USD"},"invoice_number":"57e3028db8d1b","custom":"","parent_payment":"PAY-7F371669SL612941HK7RQFDQ","create_time":"2016-09-21T21:59:02Z","update_time":"2016-09-21T22:00:06Z","links":[{"href":"https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/80F85758S3080410K","rel":"self","method":"GET"},{"href":"https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/80F85758S3080410K/refund","rel":"refund","method":"POST"},{"href":"https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-7F371669SL612941HK7RQFDQ","rel":"parent_payment","method":"GET"}]},"links":[{"href":"https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/notifications/webhooks-events/WH-9UG43882HX7271132-6E0871324L7949614","rel":"self","method":"GET"},{"href":"https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/notifications/webhooks-events/WH-9UG43882HX7271132-6E0871324L7949614/resend","rel":"resend","method":"POST"}]}';
$signatureVerification = new VerifyWebhookSignature();
$signatureVerification->setAuthAlgo("SHA256withRSA");
$signatureVerification->setTransmissionId("d938e770-8046-11e6-8103-6b62a8a99ac4");
$signatureVerification->setCertUrl("https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/notifications/certs/CERT-360caa42-fca2a594-a5cafa77");
$signatureVerification->setWebhookId("9XL90610J3647323C");
$signatureVerification->setTransmissionSig("eDOnWUj9FXOnr2naQnrdL7bhgejVSTwRbwbJ0kuk5wAtm2ZYkr7w5BSUDO7e5ZOsqLwN3sPn3RV85Jd9pjHuTlpuXDLYk+l5qiViPbaaC0tLV+8C/zbDjg2WCfvtf2NmFT8CHgPPQAByUqiiTY+RJZPPQC5np7j7WuxcegsJLeWStRAofsDLiSKrzYV3CKZYtNoNnRvYmSFMkYp/5vk4xGcQLeYNV1CC2PyqraZj8HGG6Y+KV4trhreV9VZDn+rPtLDZTbzUohie1LpEy31k2dg+1szpWaGYOz+MRb40U04oD7fD69vghCrDTYs5AsuFM2+WZtsMDmYGI0pxLjn2yw==");
$signatureVerification->setTransmissionTime("2016-09-21T22:00:46Z");
$webhookEvent = new WebhookEvent();
$webhookEvent->fromJson($requestBody);
$signatureVerification->setWebhookEvent($webhookEvent);
$request = clone $signatureVerification;
try {
$output = $signatureVerification->post($apiContext);
} catch (Exception $ex) {
Validate Webhook
PHP Currently does not support certificate chain validation, that is necessary to validate webhook directly, from received data To resolve that, we need to use alternative, which makes a call to PayPal's verify-webhook-signature API.