llHTTPRequest

Hey all,
I've gotten my own website (finally) but I want to know how to make it communicate with SL. All I really want it to do is have it so that when I touch the object, the object sends the data (string) to the website and the web page uses echo to make it appear. I'm not good with PHP, so if someone could write me a small amount of code or send me in the right direction, that'd be great. Thanks in advance.

string name = "Testing!";

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llResetScript();
    }

    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {
        llHTTPRequest("http://skullgraber.lllantlll.com/URL.php",[HTTP_METHOD,"POST"],name);
    }
}

if you send php something and then go look at it, that something will not be there, it only works for that one original session, so you have to store the data somewhere (flat file or a database)

this seemed to be helpfull in another post about basicly the same thing... altho its not advised to use in production

/54/0c/205116/1.html#post1641083

Yeah that version works but as Osgeld said it doesn't have any security so the only protection is that no-one knows the name of the file you are creating.

Another way to do this would be to use an MySQL database to store the info. Databases are password protected as far as I'm aware so it's a little more secure. Of course this also increases your workload in terms of scripting. I have an example of the lsl and php needed to do this so but it's at home and I'm at work. IM me or wait for me to get home to post the code

ooops didn't read OP properly. The scripts I've got won't echo the results back to SL but I will still happily share what I have.


The LSL code (the bit your interested in is the llHTTPRequest)

integer price = 400;
key req_id2;
string lname;
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
//Set up quick pay 
        llSetPayPrice(PAY_HIDE, [PAY_HIDE ,PAY_HIDE, PAY_HIDE, PAY_HIDE]);
        llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(), PERMISSION_DEBIT);
    }
    run_time_permissions(integer perm)
    {

//Get owner debit permissions
        if(perm & PERMISSION_DEBIT)
            state cash;
    }
}

state cash   //with perms set up price
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llSetPayPrice(PAY_HIDE, [price ,PAY_HIDE, PAY_HIDE, PAY_HIDE]);
    }
    money(key id, integer amount)  //when paid do this
    {
        if(amount != price)//if not paid the right amount refund the amount
        {
            llGiveMoney(id, amount);
            llInstantMessage(id, "You paid "+(string)amount+", which is the wrong price, the price is: "+(string)price);
        }

        else //if paid the right amount do this
        {
            lname = llKey2Name(id); //Get the payers key

//This bit sends the info to the PHP file on my server

req_id2 = llHTTPRequest("http://mywebsite.com/my_php_file.php", [HTTP_METHOD,"POST", HTTP_MIMETYPE,"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"], "name=" + lname + "&key=" + (string)id);

            llInstantMessage(id, "You paid the right price");//Confirm amount
           
            llGiveInventory(id, "my_item");//give item

 llEmail("myaddress@host.com","sales","my message" +llKey2Name(id)); // email me with what I sold and who to
        }
    }
}

The PHP code

<?php

$username="my_user_name";
$password="my_password";
$database="localhost";
$db="my_database";

$name = $_POST['name'];
$key = $_POST['key'];
$table = "my_table";

$conection = mysql_connect($database,$username,$password);
mysql_select_db($db, $conection) or die( "Unable to select database");

$query = "INSERT INTO `my_table` (`name`, `key`) VALUES ('".$name."', '".$key."')";

mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
mysql_close();
?>

Sorry I don't have the echo info in there but it gives you an idea of how the info is passed around.

You will need to be able to host mysql on your site for this to work and set up a databse and table for the info to go in

You might want to take a read through this thread:
/54/3c/220594/1.html
Where, together with other scripters, I try to help Cherry with getting started using HTTPRequest and a MySQL database. I tried to let Cherry discover the answers herself or ask the right questions without being bombarded with all the information en mass. Any difficulties with anything just give us a shout and we usually do what we can to help.