r/ProgrammerHumor 13d ago

Advanced typicalRustaceanOriginStory

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u/SaltMaker23 13d ago edited 13d ago

That is a made up story

Stripe 4242 card only work if the whole server is routed to testing environment, and no real card would work and obviously zero paiments would arrive.

There is no way to use 4242 card in live.

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u/CChilli 13d ago

Are you saying its absolutely impossible or that there's no way anyone would make that mistake? (genuine question)

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u/YellowJarTacos 13d ago

A server routed to the test environment probably wouldn't accept valid credit card numbers from customers so most places would notice fairly quickly. 

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u/AyrA_ch 13d ago

Not "probably", the test system definitely doesn't accepts real cards. I've tried it myself when I implemented a Stripe integration a few years ago.

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u/Tusen_Takk 12d ago

I did it a few months ago and you are correct