Online Scores using PHP/mySQL - Choosing what number to submit?

[Xeeko]

Hi

I'm using Jeff Vance's guide to implement online scores in my game, and everything is running like it should except that I can't figure out how to choose what scores are uploaded. The way the example is constructed it has a text box in which the player enter the score they wish to submit. This is obviously not useful, how do I change it so that for example, the players score is uploaded, instead of whatever's in that box? I've tried changing the code, but whenever I do I just get an error message saying I can't mix strings and numbers. Same when I try to set the text in the box to a counter value.

[DavidN]

Your problem is that you just need to change the number to a string - even though they look the same to us, numbers and strings are treated differently by the computer and it needs to know exactly which one you're talking about. (Think about adding the strings "2" + "2" together versus the numbers 2 + 2, for example).

To convert a value to a string, just use Str$(value here) - so you could submit a score in place of Edittext$("Edit Box") by using Str$(score("Player 1")).
If you ever need to convert a string to a value, use Val(the string).

[Xeeko]

ah, thanks alot.