chiefrokka Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Newbie to php, but I've programmed some football scripts to teach myself PHP each year... it's starting to get more popular each year so I need to change the way I handle it. www.phpPicks.com I need help taking control of all my scripts so their all run off my server, and I'm not giving out my scripts. The problem is people love to install the scripts on their OWN domain so they can integrate it into their sites. I'm afraid I'll lose sales by just having it so people HAVE to access their league via my site like Yahoo does. Ultimately, I'd like to still sell the scripts and allow people to install it on their domain so users go to their actual domain... But I'd like to change the code so enough of it runs off my domain and keeps me still in control and people can't just rip off my scripts. This also allows me to provide updates very easily by just updating files on MY domain. Each page is built dynamically based on NFL matchups, users in your league and their picks they've made... so each page has to load tons of variables from the database first. Can someone help me do this please? I've never connected to another domain before, and I think I need to keep all the functions on MY domain so other domains just call them to get all the variables and calculations they need. If it's installed on someone's domain, they need to be able to have users make their picks and update values on MY database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphanumetrix Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 This can be done. Look into cURL with PHP. If you're looking to hire, there's a freelance section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefrokka Posted April 19, 2009 Author Share Posted April 19, 2009 This can be done. Look into cURL with PHP. If you're looking to hire, there's a freelance section. not looking to hire, haha... I will have to do some more research on cURL. I've heard of it but haven't really experienced much of it. Are there any other functions that I'll need to know? Do I have to do anything with my GoDaddy account to allow other domains to login to databases? I remember last year I attempted to organized my scripts into functions and call those function files, but I was having trouble with global variables as they weren't staying throughout every page. I'll play with it more this year to figure out what I was doing wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphanumetrix Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Basically, set up a set of reciving files on your server somewhere. Then set your user's scripts (or whatever you are doing) to send data to your receving files via cURL. curl_set_opt() in particular is a function you should look into. basically send post data with it, which when sent to your scripts, will access your db, etc, and then send data back. it can be used in a bunch of different ways, and is great for server-to-server (http) data transmission. hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefrokka Posted April 19, 2009 Author Share Posted April 19, 2009 thank you, i'll look into that function. one question I've read from google searches is having to do something with your domain to allow outside access. I'm on GoDaddy so do I have to go into some cPanel and change some settings? By opening it up to allow other sites to access your db (or even basic files like header/footer, are you opening up a can of worms for malicious attacks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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