What is wrong with my paypal recurring code - php

Question

I did everything right, all seem legit, but i don't see any payments made by my dummy user to the merchant:
Is it something in my code:
creating plan:
$req = array(
'USER' => 'bennyrefaelov-facilitator_api1.gmail.com',
'PWD' => 'YWKQ3M3NXBTZQ78U',
'SIGNATURE' => 'AFcWxV21C7fd0v3bYYYRCpSSRl31AuVEFUpBu6N8yXkmFksuwwSiQOW8',
'VERSION' => '98.0',
'METHOD' => 'SetExpressCheckout',
'PAYMENTREQUEST_0_PAYMENTACTION' => 'Mark',
'REQCONFIRMSHIPPING'=>'0',
'NOSHIPPING'=>'1',
'ALLOWNOTE'=>'0',
'SOLUTIONTYPE'=>'Sole',
'LANDINGPAGE'=>'Billing',
'BRANDNAME'=>'MisterSurvey',
'PAYMENTREQUEST_0_AMT'=>'100.00',
'MAXAMT' => '100.00',
'L_BILLINGAGREEMENTDESCRIPTION0' => 'Pay up',
'PAYMENTREQUEST_0_TAXAMT'=>'0',
'PAYMENTREQUEST_0_ITEMAMT'=>'100.00',
'L_BILLINGTYPE0' => 'RecurringPayments',
'PAYMENTREQUEST_0_DESC'=>'An awesome package',
'PAYMENTREQUEST_0_CUSTOM'=>'This is just for fun',
'PAYMENTREQUEST_0_CURRENCYCODE'=>'USD',
'L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NUMBER0'=>'itemid1',
'L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NAME0'=>'MyItem1',
'L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_DESC0'=>'basic package',
'L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_QTY0'=>'1',
'L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_AMT0'=>'100.00',
'L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_TAXAMT0'=>'0',
'RETURNURL'=>'http://mistersurveylocal.com:8080/#/pricing',
'CANCELURL'=>'http://mistersurveylocal.com:8080/#/'
);
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com/nvp');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, FALSE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($req));
$return = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
excute plan (after user agrees)
$token = Input::get('token');
$payerId = Input::get('payerId');
$req = array(
'USER' => 'bennyrefaelov-facilitator_api1.gmail.com',
'PWD' => 'YWKQ3M3NXBTZQ78U',
'SIGNATURE' => 'AFcWxV21C7fd0v3bYYYRCpSSRl31AuVEFUpBu6N8yXkmFksuwwSiQOW8',
'VERSION' => '98.0',
'METHOD' => 'CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile',
'TOKEN'=>$token,
'payerid'=>$payerId,
'PROFILESTARTDATE' =>date('Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z'),
'TOTALBILLINGCYCLES'=>'12',
'DESC'=>'Pay up',
'BILLINGPERIOD'=>'Month',
'BILLINGFREQUENCY'=>'1',
'AMT'=>'100',
'CURRENCYCODE'=>'USD',
'COUNTRYCODE'=>'US',
'MAXFAILEDPAYMENTS'=>'3'
);
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com/nvp');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, FALSE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($req));
$return = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return urldecode($return);
It says it's active, and verified, and the start date is at this moment, why there is no payment made?
is there something missing?

Answer 1

I had the exact same problem. As it turns out, it was an issue with the Sandbox being very slow. After 2 days of troubleshooting and debugging, all the transactions completed and I received all IPN messages related to them.
It's unfortunate, but the solution is simply to wait for them to process. Hopefully live will be much faster.