Booooze

Something doesn't seem right here. I could be wrong, but I agree with whoever it was that said this could be a 'security risk'. Seems like people could easily cheat the system. What I dont get is that you make the game in java, pass the score to the php page (correct?), ask the user for there name, and then pass it to a server to enter in the highscores list.

So, you get the high score, and tack it to the url like this (as jimbo said) :

(edited name out)

You redirect them to the page right? where they enter there name.
Its basicly the cod you have, with the highscore tacked on.

If you did that, using GET method, I could easily enter whatever I wanted. This is where I could be mistaken, but even if you used the POST method, Couldn't I still take your code, and throw in a high score? Couldn't you just copy the page, edit it a bit with a hiddentag for highscore, and still pass it along.

Right or Wrong? Just my point of view.

Jimbo

I think Eric is trying to keep as much as possible in the applet, in which case you'd have to reverse-compile it to get the code (I know it can be done, but I've never looked into it and don't know what it takes). If it was just an HTML form, things would be a bit simpler to mess with.

Eric the Red

Correct

No, your wrong. The applet is just going to send the score data to the URL. They wouldn't see me doing this.

After everyones help (thanks you). I realized that maybe calling a javascript method (to send the data to the php site would be better).

@Dawei, so the java Applet should call a javascript method (on the html page) which sends the data to my php server? Am I getting this right? Because PHP is the only server side programming I have access to.

Again, this is a hidden action. They don't know that I'm doing this. They won't know what website i'm communicating with.

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Booooze

aha. Makes a little more sense now.

titaniumdecoy

JavaWorld: POSTing via Java

JavaWorld: POSTing via Java revisited

Eric the Red

I've been searching on end looking for something like this.

THANKS so much!!!!! You saved me from learning Javascript.

I guess Java can do pretty much anything

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titaniumdecoy

No problem.

I found the first link by typing "post java" in Google.