Using php scripts from BMX

Ok folks, I used ReadStream() for another cool test! This time we're going to execute a php script that will deliver the MD5 hash from any string given to the php script.
Ok, let's start!

'First, we gonna set up the strictmode
Strict

Function inetscript:String(myurl:String)

	'Now we gonna open the requested URL to read
	Local myip:TStream		= ReadStream(myurl$)
	
	'We need a var to store the string that will be given
	'back by the php script
	Local ipstring:String	= ""
	
	'Successfully opened the requested URL?
	If Not myip
		
		'If not then we let the user know
		ipstring$ = "Error!"

	Else

		'If yes then we read all that our script
		'has for us
		While Not Eof(myip)
		
			'And store the output line by line
			ipstring$ :+ ReadLine(myip)

		Wend
		
		'Don't forget to close the opened stream in the end!
		CloseStream myip
		
	EndIf
	
	'Just return what we've got	
	Return ipstring$
	
End Function

Print inetscript$("http::www.infernalsoftware.com/md5.php?test=blablablubb")

Try it, it will work (I didn't delete the md5.php from my site so feel free to try it out ;-))!

Neat! Thanks for sharing that...

Hehe, that's just kind of by-product from my current project ^^ Thanks to the MD5 BlitzMax function from Tom Darby I don't need to use PureBasic anymore (all I need now is a GUI module, if Mark don't releases the official module soon, I'll probably go with filax IGlass)...

You need to move the CloseStream line into the Else part of the If block above it.

Changed it, thanks ^^

Very nice.This is some easy code to compare application versions.

Connect to php script and get latest version.
if latest > present then
inform user new version available.

Put this tip on the wiki. I'll need it later :)

With this code you can also interface some MySQL database (though it is a bit complicated because you have to walk some extra mile) :-D

Can you post the test-php script with comments?

I've put comments in the code for those of you who need it ^^

I want the php script so I can setup my own to use in my game. But I don't know anything about php. I'm probably just a google-search away from getting some free php scripts and tutorials, but it would be nice if you showed your php script - with comments.

I put this technique into my code this morning and it works great! Thanks again!

I was worrying about not having OpenTCPConnection anymore and was wondering what the hell I was going to do on the Mac as well. Didn't even occur to me that streams would "just work". Awesome. :)

@Wave - Using this technique just to get an MD5 hash is pretty pointless, it's only to demonstrate the use of the 'http::' stream protocol.

It'd only be something like...

<?php echo md5($test); ?>

...any way (it has been a couple of years since I've touched PHP though).

BMax code to generate an MD5 hash can be found here.

Isn't it a good way to ensure that people are using the latest and unmodified game-files? Especially for online games?

What would be the best way to have a web-based highscore? One that perhaps could be put in a php script.

TwoEyedPete is right about that script ^^

Well, you can do pretty much with MD5 to ensure a secure session. And for that highscore stuff: I think that I've seen some php script just today on this board (can't remember where exactly)...

/Edit: Found it here: http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=50177

Thanks, this is really useful =)