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    Question C++ & PHP

    Hi! Can anybody tell me how do i link C++ & PHP. I'm making a program which should let the user enter a text and then send this text as an variable (like POST in php) to a script ( ... text.php). If you know some reference, tuts, or anything about something like this please post! I don't even know if something like this is possible?

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    You need to write a plugin module. Its not that difficult so I'll let you google it yourself.

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    plugin module ha... and you say it's not difficult... i'll give it a try!

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    Its actually really not. Seriously, if you just get the source for another module, you can just more or less work backward from there. Trust me, its one of those things where you just need to find an example and you will be up and running in no time.

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    Why not just open the URL with the text as a variable?
    Is this not what you want? I don't fully understand.

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    You might also want to look into the CGIC library. It allows you to write CGI files in C.

    Linky: http://www.boutell.com/cgic/

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    You could try using Winsock to open a connection to the HTTP Server then POST your info to it.

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    Or a HTTP library, to spare yourself the messing with sockets.

    But it is unclear what you want. To me, it sounds like the C++ program should to contact a server where a PHP script is running, passing a variable to the script, right? Or am I terribly mistaken?
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    Yep CornedBee, thats it! The script should then write the variables in a MySQL database on the server. The PHP and MySQL part is easy, but the c++... maybe I can directly send the data with mysql++, but is it possible to send data to a database, when the program is not on the localhost, over the internet.

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    Yes, that's possible, if the firewall is configured to let the connection be established (i.e. open MySQL's port), the MySQL server configured to listen on this port, to accept connections from the outside, and the user you're logging in as may log in from the outside.
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    men I'm confused, CornedBee what do you think would be the best idea... writing a plugin module... sending it over winsock (but the programm has to work on Linux aswell)... or mysql++. Questions...

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