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Eh?? Well first off I wouldn't be using php to do it... I'd use a
language
such as C++ or VB to do it, given you're probably wanting to communicate
with a serial/parallel/usb port to drive the reader and extract the
(probably) binary data from a card swipe, I don't know how well (if at
all)
PHP would do this. Then you just parse it using either a pattern
matching
(Perl-like?) parser if it's a complicated pattern, or a simpler bit by
bit
analysis if it's something simple (such as an ID number). Then insert
the
data to whatever DB you like. Don't know the in's and out's of DB
access
from C++ etc but I'd imagine there will be a dll or something that
already
takes the hard work out of this.
That is what I imagined...
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Sorry if this is a bit vague, but it matches the question! :) All I'm
saying is, choose a programming language that is more suited to this.
Are
you trying to secure a website with a card swipe or something?... That
would likely involve the PHP script running at the same time as the card
swipe happening. And having the card swipe attached to the web-server.
More details are really needed.
-- NOT AT ALL.. Thanks.. what I am trying to do actually is maintain
bank accounts through a secure server. What needs to happen is to allow
users to access their bank accounts over the Internet, but through a
card swiping system. Yeah.. NOT SO FUN TO ACCOMPLISH it.. but Thanks
anyways for your response Ross..
Mentor Mala
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