Does your postback handler get called at all? Writing some debug print messages on the server can confirm whether it's a problem with your php code or an issue with google connecting.
Also, does your postback URL use http or https scheme? We had to setup a non https connection point to get postback working. I'm not sure if postback supports https or if our SSL CA just isn't in google's trusted list. If you're using https, try switching to http and see if that allows Google to connect properly.
Matt