Re: [PHP] Howto: run local script to update remote script
eriol -- Yes, a cron job would do the trick for a process that must run at fixed and frequest intervals. The Windows scheduler might accomplish the same thing. Since we've already veered sharply off-topic, I'll go ahead and recommend that you check out dyndns.org or the like; set up your address (they'll give you one like eriol.dyndns.org for free), download some software to your box, and then it will always be available at that fully-qualified name, without any PHP magic; your friends would just point a browser or ftp client to eriol.dyndns.org and start sucking down MP3s. If you do go with a php script (on either end), be careful how you then implement it; anyone could hijack your pointer by connecting to the same script with your "password". Better to do something like encrypt your current [external, of course] IP address (and maybe timestamp and maybe who knows what else, with the more you can throw on the better) with a secret password and send the garbage over the wire to your Linux server; the script there also knows the password and decrypts the stuff and checks to see that the sent IP matches the sending IP (and anything else that you want to check) but you haven't actually exposed your password on the wire. HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! msg88457/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [PHP] Howto: run local script to update remote script
You need to open http connection to the server from you local php: http://server/script.php?password=yoursecretstring','r'); fclose($f); ?> in the script.php check the password and then $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] eriol wrote: I was wondering how I could have a local PHP (4.2.3) script running on Apache 1.3.27 / WinXP Pro send my current local IP address to a remote server running PHP 4.1.2, RedHat 7.3 & Apache 1.3.26.. In the Linux based script, I'd want it to basically display my current IP address to friends who know the remote URL to connect to my FTP/HTTP server(s) and grab mp3s, etc.. I'm a complete newbie, and in my php.net/google.com searches the only thing I've come across is something called a CRON Job.. From my little experience and understanding, I've always thought a Cron Job was something that only was valid on *nix platforms and not Win32.. Am I mistaken? My remote linux server has a dedicated IP, although my Win32 machine obviously doesn't.. I assume this would make it easier to communicate from local to remote? From my little understanding, I assume the local script would need to place my IP address in a variable (within say: ipaddy.inc) and the remote script would be updated as the variable was read from ipaddy.inc when someone visited the page..? If anyone could point me to a tutorial, function name(s) or offer some code to get me started, I'd greatly appreciate it.. Apache & PHP load on my local (Win32) machine when it boots and it's always running.. I just can't get past the auto-run-a-local-php-script area for the most part.. TIA.. Take care.. peace.. eriol -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Howto: run local script to update remote script
I was wondering how I could have a local PHP (4.2.3) script running on Apache 1.3.27 / WinXP Pro send my current local IP address to a remote server running PHP 4.1.2, RedHat 7.3 & Apache 1.3.26.. In the Linux based script, I'd want it to basically display my current IP address to friends who know the remote URL to connect to my FTP/HTTP server(s) and grab mp3s, etc.. I'm a complete newbie, and in my php.net/google.com searches the only thing I've come across is something called a CRON Job.. From my little experience and understanding, I've always thought a Cron Job was something that only was valid on *nix platforms and not Win32.. Am I mistaken? My remote linux server has a dedicated IP, although my Win32 machine obviously doesn't.. I assume this would make it easier to communicate from local to remote? >From my little understanding, I assume the local script would need to place my IP address in a variable (within say: ipaddy.inc) and the remote script would be updated as the variable was read from ipaddy.inc when someone visited the page..? If anyone could point me to a tutorial, function name(s) or offer some code to get me started, I'd greatly appreciate it.. Apache & PHP load on my local (Win32) machine when it boots and it's always running.. I just can't get past the auto-run-a-local-php-script area for the most part.. TIA.. Take care.. peace.. eriol -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
