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I hope what I want is possible, but I guess it'll be just something I have to live with.
Here's the deal: I have oxle.com, a Snitz forum, running on an Access database. I also have storage.oxle.com, a file storage facility based on PHP, using a MySQL database at a completely different hosting provider. I want to integrate the user registration for storage.oxle.com into the user registration process of the snitz forum at oxle.com.
The registration process for storage.oxle.com is extremely simple: http://storage.oxle.com/register
1 Username
2 password (+confirm)
3 e-mail address
4 two preference questions about allow mail and allow PM. 5 accepting the ToS
1,2 and 3 are also covered in the Snitz registration process. 4 can be removed. 5 is also included in the Snitz registration process. In other words, I already have all the information needed for registration on storage.oxle.com in the registration form of the Snitz forum. So, the question is: how can I enable the user to post that form to two pages, one being the Snitz page and the second being the Storage page.
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Here's the deal: I have oxle.com, a Snitz forum, running on an Access database. I also have storage.oxle.com, a file storage facility based on PHP, using a MySQL database at a completely different hosting provider. I want to integrate the user registration for storage.oxle.com into the user registration process of the snitz forum at oxle.com.
The registration process for storage.oxle.com is extremely simple: http://storage.oxle.com/register
1 Username
2 password (+confirm)
3 e-mail address
4 two preference questions about allow mail and allow PM. 5 accepting the ToS
1,2 and 3 are also covered in the Snitz registration process. 4 can be removed. 5 is also included in the Snitz registration process. In other words, I already have all the information needed for registration on storage.oxle.com in the registration form of the Snitz forum. So, the question is: how can I enable the user to post that form to two pages, one being the Snitz page and the second being the Storage page.
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If they are on the same server, why don't you just add the code to add the info to the MySQL DB from Snitz?<
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I haven't done that before, but it seems like you can use one site to update the other. Create a second connection string on each site that points to the other database.
When you edit the first db from its hosting site, the same information also goes to the second db at it's hosting site and vice versa. The limitation being the encrypted password needs to be the same in both dbs or you need to carry both passwords in each db and do an "or" as in "this password or that password" selection when accessing the databases to enter or edit data. I'm not sure if your field names are identical either. That would be another issue.<
When you edit the first db from its hosting site, the same information also goes to the second db at it's hosting site and vice versa. The limitation being the encrypted password needs to be the same in both dbs or you need to carry both passwords in each db and do an "or" as in "this password or that password" selection when accessing the databases to enter or edit data. I'm not sure if your field names are identical either. That would be another issue.<
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Unfortunately they're not on the same server ; Oxle.com is on IIS/Windows at Wiktel (USA), storage.oxle.com is on Apache/Linux, located at Servage (Denmark/Germany/UK).
I'm now thinking of incorporating the second registration form in an iframe, with a seperate 'submit' button.
Perhaps that'll work.
I must admit I have no idea how to connect from the main server to the MySQL database at Servage....my PHP knowledge is pretty limited.<
Perhaps that'll work.
I must admit I have no idea how to connect from the main server to the MySQL database at Servage....my PHP knowledge is pretty limited.<
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If it's just the registration, it could be handled easily, if the MySQL server allows outside connections. Does it allow that?<
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Mmmm...I guess it does, as it is a different server than the one serving the PHP page.
How can I check that?<
Will try that tonight when I get home ; I'm behind a proxy at work at the moment, so I cannot do it from here.<
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