[thelist] Perl? PHP? mySQL? required to download software from a web site - REPOST

[Andrew Maynes]

Sharon

I would suggest to your boss that he puts his or her hand in his or her pocket
and wave a wad of notes in the region of about £3k to someone who can provide
this solution for you both ;D

Andrew

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a web site - REPOST


This is a re-post of a question(s) I threw on the Evolt table on 6/4. No one
replied, so I thought I'd try again. Really could use the help. Here 'tis:

Really could use some direction here.

 I have designed and built a web site for a client who wants to sell software
online. A Buyer purchases the software, a third party will then process the
credit card information, send a confirming email to Buyer and to my client. Once
my client receives the payment confirmation he will then generate a customized
registration number based on the Buyer's registration name so the number will be
completely personalized. Client also will generate a personalized copy of the
program using the registration number and also use the registration number as a
password to allow the customer to download their personalized copy of the
program from Client's web site.

I have the download set up now as a form showing an email address and buyer's
User ID # text area boxes. My problem is determining what backend stuff needs to
be set up to hold this information and call the appropriate registration number
(User ID #) program for each buyer to download.

I have a form coded that calls something from the cgi-bin but I don't know what
that something consists of. I was looking at some other sites to see how folks
did this and that's where I got the code. I see the code but I don't understand
it. Example I found: <form method="get"
action="http://www.xxxxx.com/cgi-bin/hscdl">. What does hscdl mean?

Client thinks he doesn't have to rely on the host for keeping his
transaction records in a database on their server. He thinks this will be
a manual process he will handle, but later he can automate this process on the
host server. I think it entails something from the get go involving Perl or PHP
and mySQL Doesn't make sense to me otherwise.

Or, I could create a restricted directory and subdirs on the server to which my
client could upload each individual program purchased to a specific subdir. I
would set up another FTP Session Profile and these instructions could be emailed
to the Buyer ... who could then download using FTP, not using the web site. Have
already done that with another client so I'm familiar with it. It's the backend
stuff I don't know how to do.

Sorry for the length of this question(s)! Am I thinking this through correctly?
What about client's thoughts on this? And what in heaven's name does hscdl mean?

Best,
Sharon

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Sharon F. Malone
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