Hi, I am trying to read a webpage, namely a PHP page that returns "true" or "false" depending what $_GET (Or is it $_POST?) information is sent. The URL it attempts to read will look like this: www.thesite.com/key.php?key=the_key and the page will return a true or false. I currently have this code:
//Web page reader? possibly...
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <string.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int key;
string answer;
string url;
ifstream infile;
cout << "Enter your key: " << endl;
cin >> key;
url = "http://thesite.com/key.php?key=" + key;
infile.open(url);
if(!infile.is_open(){
cout << "Cannot open file" << endl;
system("pause");
}
while (getline (infile, answer))
if(answer == "false") {
cout << "Invalid key." << endl;
cin.get();
system("cls");
main();
}
if(answer == "true") {
cout << "Correct!" << endl;
cin.get();
return 0;
}
else {
cout << "Hmm... idk why it did that..." << endl;
cin.get();
system("cls");
main();
}
cin.get();
return 0;
}I am sure I am doing something totally wrong, I have read about a lib called CURL, I'm not sure if that will do the job, and also something about piping wget output. If anyone could explain these or point me to a tutorial, it would be greatly appreciated!
--Dylan