Magento NOCHEX extension faults and fixes

 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.nochex.com/nochex.dll/apc/apc");
# curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
# curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
# curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request_vars);

 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request_vars);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 3);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
 
 $response = curl_exec($ch);

<?php
/**
 * Luxe
 *
 * @category Luxe
 * @package Luxe_Nochex
 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2009 Luxe Soft
 */
 
 
/**
 * Nochex controller
 *
 * @category Luxe
 * @package Luxe_Nochex
 */
 
class Luxe_Nochex_NochexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action
{
 protected $_order;
 
 public function redirectAction()
 {
 $session = Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session');
 $payment = Mage::getModel('nochex/nochex');
 $order = Mage::getModel('sales/order');
 
 $order->loadByIncrementId($session->getLastRealOrderId());
 $order->addStatusToHistory($payment->getNewPaymentStatus(), 'Customer was redirected to Nochex.');
 $order->save();
 $this->getResponse()->setBody($this->getLayout()->createBlock('nochex/redirect')->toHtml());
 }
 
 public function statusAction()
 {
 Mage::log('NOCHEX:'.print_r($_REQUEST, true));
 
 $payment = Mage::getModel('nochex/nochex');
 if (!$payment->getConfigData('active')) {
 die('Nochex method disabled');
 }
 
 $request_vars = '';
 foreach ($_REQUEST as $key => $value) {
 $request_vars .= urlencode($key).'='.urlencode($value).'&';
 }
 $request_vars = substr($request_vars, 0, -1);
 $ch = curl_init();
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.nochex.com/nochex.dll/apc/apc");
# curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
# curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
# curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request_vars);

 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request_vars);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 3);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
 
 $response = curl_exec($ch);
 curl_close($ch);
 
 #Mage::log('NOCHEX URL https://www.nochex.com/nochex.dll/apc/apc?'.$request_vars);
 Mage::log('NOCHEX Response '.$response);
 
 if ($response == 'AUTHORISED') {
 $order = Mage::getModel('sales/order');
 $order = $order->loadByIncrementId(intval($_REQUEST['order_id']));
 
 $order->getPayment()->setData('nochex_mode', $_REQUEST['status']);
 $order->getPayment()->setData('nochex_transaction_id', $_REQUEST['transaction_id']);
 $order->addStatusToHistory($payment->getApprovedPaymentStatus(), 'Customer returned from Nochex. Order approved and payment recieved.', true);
 $order->sendNewOrderEmail();
 $order->setEmailSent(true);
 $order->save();
 }
 else if ($response == 'DECLINED' && @$_REQUEST['order_id']) {
 $order = Mage::getModel('sales/order');
 $order = $order->loadByIncrementId(intval($_REQUEST['order_id']));
 $order->addStatusToHistory($payment->getNewPaymentStatus(), 'Order declined', true);
 $order->save();
 }
 }
}