Calling a PHP script from an Applet

[MBrenaman]

Hi everyone.

I was trying to find an alternative method to calling a php script from an applet. Right now I'm using showDocument() method to do this.

My question is, how can I do this without creating a new window or ridirecting the browser to the page. I guess something like calling it passivily or something.

For background info... the php script takes in and saves the player's name and highscore. So every game over I don't want a new url opening up, like with showDocument().

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks....

[kevglass]

java.net.URLConnection should be ok for this.

Kev

[MBrenaman]

So if I have a URLconnection. And I use the connect() method. It will send the request out the url with the provided variables in the URL name?

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[kevglass]

Yep.

Have the feeling their might be a security issue in an Applet tho.

Kev

[MBrenaman]

Well I know why I got a file not found exception from running on my PC.. but I also got a SecurityExceptionEx thrown in the method that calls the URL...

Anything I can do? BTW, I have to wait before I can test it on a php enabled server.

[kevglass]

As long as you only connect to the server that you downloaded the applet from life should be fine....

Otherwise, you'd have to look at certificates for your applet.

Kev

[BillieJoe]

Sry, I'm german and my english is not the best, but this is a little Example for a Java-Webbrowser.

You could connect to a Server and send the GET Command, you don't have to show the data which you receive, but the PHP-File is parsed.

/* Listing4504.java */

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Listing4504
{
 public static void main(String[] args)
 {
   if (args.length != 2) {
     System.err.println(
       "Usage: java Listing4504 <host> <file>"
     );
     System.exit(1);
   }
   try {
     Socket sock = new Socket(args[0], 80);
     OutputStream out = sock.getOutputStream();
     InputStream in = sock.getInputStream();
     //GET-Kommando senden
     String s = "GET " + args[1] + " HTTP/1.0" + "\r\n\r\n";
     out.write(s.getBytes());
     //read and show Output
     int len;
     byte[] b = new byte[100];
     while ((len = in.read(b)) != -1) {
       System.out.write(b, 0, len);
     }
     //close Program
     in.close();
     out.close();
     sock.close();
   } catch (IOException e) {
     System.err.println(e.toString());
     System.exit(1);
   }
 }
}