mySQL Host access

[Peter Haworth]

Thanks Matthias, definitely seems like php on the server is the way to go.
I guess designing the interface protocol between the LC app and the php
scripts is my next step.

Pete
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On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D <
matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de> wrote:

>
>
> > Am 07.01.2016 um 18:34 schrieb Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com>:
> >
> > It seems that to access a mySQL database on my web host's servers from a
> > Livecode program, I have to configure "Allowable hosts" in the database
> > configuration.  That can be an ip address or a domain name such as "@.
> > mydomain.com”
> >
>
> if i remember right you could use %.%.%.% instead of the ip address to
> allow all ip addresses to remotely connect to the MySQL DB.
> But i wouldn´t do that. I would create a php or lc script on the server
> which makes all the communication with the MySQL db and then let the
> Desktop App call the php/lc file on the server. The php/lc file would then
> return the needed data to the Desktop App.
>
> It´s much safer then to allow remote connections to the MySQL DB.
>
> Matthias
>
> > The program in question will be used by perhaps a half dozen users, all
> > from their home computers and likely using different internet providers
> so
> > it appears every time I give the program to a new user, I will have to
> add
> > either their ip address (if it's fixed) or a domain as above.
> >
> > Is this common practice when accessing mySQL on a host server?  If so, is
> > there a better way to set about accessing a mySQL database in these
> > circumstances, perhaps using php scripts on the server instead of
> accessing
> > the db directly with the LC database functions?
> >
> > Pete
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