Serial Code Detection Page [php]

[Nater]

I know nothing about php but I'm pretty sure this will be simple, can someone help me out a bit.

 

mywebsite.com/serials.php?="Serial Number"

 

If exists in database > write line "exists"/else "invalid" > add 1 to uses, if 2 uses it deletes serial from database > adds to the used database with another field for the IP/Mac Address who registered it

 

also

 

mywebsite.com/addserials.php

 

a text area and password area to add a new list of serials.

[burnttoastnice]

 for the IP/Mac Address who registered it

 

A little guideline when it comes to using IP addresses as a way of proving identity. Most internet users have dynamic IPs, meaning that their IP address will rotate to another every 21 days, unless their router explicitly renews it with the ISP (which isn't always the case). This means that if a user has the serial registered under 1 IP, and for example they lose power, when they come back online with a different IP, they lose the serial for your software too.

 

By the way, MAC addresses of user equipment isn't exposed online. You'd need to have to make dedicated software for the user to run in able to get their NIC MAC address. And then again, for example if the user upgrades their mobo, they lose the serial for your software.

 

If this is how you intend for the software to work, then no problem at all. I guess the user of the software can contact you if there's any issues with it.

 

As for the code, I might draft something up later, but at the moment I'm feeling kinda lazy

[Nater]

A little guideline when it comes to using IP addresses as a way of proving identity. Most internet users have dynamic IPs, meaning that their IP address will rotate to another every 21 days, unless their router explicitly renews it with the ISP (which isn't always the case). This means that if a user has the serial registered under 1 IP, and for example they lose power, when they come back online with a different IP, they lose the serial for your software too.

 

By the way, MAC addresses of user equipment isn't exposed online. You'd need to have to make dedicated software for the user to run in able to get their NIC MAC address. And then again, for example if the user upgrades their mobo, they lose the serial for your software.

 

If this is how you intend for the software to work, then no problem at all. I guess the user of the software can contact you if there's any issues with it.

 

As for the code, I might draft something up later, but at the moment I'm feeling kinda lazy

 

 

I'm only using the IP for if there's an issue with their mac address, I can at least compare locations and isp to figure out if they're telling the truth, also giving them 2 chances to either put it on another computer or as a back up.

 

99% of the people using this though will be using it on a server so very doubtful that the address will change, and if it does more than likely they're using one of our servers so it can easily be corrected.

 

So for the mac address should I be doing mywebsite.com/serials.php?="Serial Number-macaddress"

 

The reason I want the mac address in there is because if someone tries to refund via paypal I can just ban their mac address.

 

A draft would help a ton.

[Nater]

Taught myself how to do all but the adding them in part

 

how do I make a text are and a submit button adds every line in the text area as a new item in my database?

[prolemur]

Taught myself how to do all but the adding them in part

 

how do I make a text are and a submit button adds every line in the text area as a new item in my database?

Well text-areas don't actually have lines since they can be resized (unless that is disabled), so you would have to get the current width and segment the entire text into pieces the width of the text-area or set, definitive width.

[Nater]

Well text-areas don't actually have lines since they can be resized (unless that is disabled), so you would have to get the current width and segment the entire text into pieces the width of the text-area or set, definitive width.

 

You can get lines by splitting "\n".

 

Figured out how to do everything, my serial code system is now functional