PHP + Quickbooks integration (API)

Question

Has anyone found a working PHP API/framework for syncing my custom built ecommerce web site back to Quickbook for accounting?

Update:

I've looked into using the framework found at: http://idnforums.intuit.com/messageview.aspx?catid=56&threadid=9164

But I'm amazed to not find any other viable solutions.

How else are people running web based ecommerce applications and performing the backend accounting they need for tax recording purposes? Is there something better than Quickbooks?

Answer 1

Here is a PHP5 based framework. No idea how solid it is but it would be a start for you.

Answer 2

I'm using it, a very good leg-up. I found initially geting my head around how the QB WebConnector works difficult. The author has a wiki up here: http://www.consolibyte.com/wiki/doku.php?id=quickbooks

Answer 3

I'm also curious what people do to reconcile their PHP ecommerce payment transactions back to their accounting (Quickbooks) system.

Seems like this is an old problem that must have been solved thousands of times by now.

Answer 4

I'm the author of the linked framework here: http://idnforums.intuit.com/messageview.aspx?catid=56&threadid=9164

I created this simply because I couldn't find any other solution to integrating QuickBooks with my PHP application.

You can take the do-it-yourself approach if you'd prefer not to use my framework: Download the QuickBooks SDK and Web Connector, read through the SDK Web Connector documentation, and build your own set of Web Services to talk with QuickBooks. It's not that difficult, just a bit nasty to wrap your head around at first.

• Keith Palmer [email protected]

P.S.: MP_: What about my framework seems not mature? We're using in about 20 production environments here now for months (if not years) without problems. I know of many others that are using the framework as well without issue.

Answer 5

Thanks Keith, this sounds like what I've been looking for. I definitely agree about the challenge of wrapping your head around the SDK - I've spent a few hours and feel like I'm running in circles. Its been difficult to find solutions in web search because you get so many Intuit Developer Network results back - was glad to find this page and the point to Keith's framework. Cheers!

Answer 6

No problem, glad it's helpful! I have an open-source .NET version of the framework now as well:

http://idnforums.intuit.com/messageview.aspx?catid=56&threadid=11040

Answer 7

This sounds good in theory: www.quickbooksconnector.com