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  • #1
  • First Post: Jul 16, 2010 11:51pm Jul 16, 2010 11:51pm
Hi all,

currently i have a EA and i have one requirement, not sure whether it can be done.

Whenever the EA create a entry (Buy/sell), it will "pump" this entry to my website as well. This entry on my website is just for viewing purposes only. (is the same concept as myfxbook)

Anybody can help or guide me? thanks
  • #2
  • Jul 17, 2010 1:36am Jul 17, 2010 1:36am
I've used HTTP Client in the past. You can find it here on the MQL4 website: http://codebase.mql4.com/4428

Not sure what MT5 has with regards to this functionality but there are a few different ways to do posts / gets with HTTP from within MT4.
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  • #3
  • Jul 17, 2010 3:52am Jul 17, 2010 3:52am
Quoting forexpenguin
I've used HTTP Client in the past. You can find it here on the MQL4 website: http://codebase.mql4.com/4428

Not sure what MT5 has with regards to this functionality but there are a few different ways to do posts / gets with HTTP from within MT4.

thks a lot. i still using MT4...

Thanks for the link. but i not v good at code... can guide me along? so if i am running EA on my PC, how do i pass the code to my website?
  • #4
  • Jul 17, 2010 7:06am Jul 17, 2010 7:06am
It depends on what kind of web site you have. If you're trying to post to a traditional web site like a personal page at sites.google.com, then it's more complicated. You would have to figure out how to log in to the web site with http51.dll and then post the information. I'm not sure you can programmatically log in to google with that dll, let alone post a page using it.

Another approach is to post trades to a blog such as google's blogger.com. You don't have to post via http to blogger to add an entry to a google blog. You can post entries to your blog by setting up an email interface. It's a unique email address that you can send emails to that automatically post to the blog. There are email links for MT4 already out there for you to use.

Here's google's help page on how to set up your blog for email posting:
http://www.google.com/support/blogge...n&answer=41452
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  • #5
  • Jul 17, 2010 7:17am Jul 17, 2010 7:17am
Why not use myfxbook?

If you don't want to use that, your easiest bet would be to get your own website.
  • #6
  • Jul 17, 2010 10:49am Jul 17, 2010 10:49am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
Why not use myfxbook?

If you don't want to use that, your easiest bet would be to get your own website.
i got my own website but dun know how to post the entries from my EA to my website... i do not want to use myfxbook, but i want the same concept as myfxbook except now the entries are added to my website.
  • #7
  • Jul 17, 2010 10:53am Jul 17, 2010 10:53am
Quoting stevegee58
It depends on what kind of web site you have....
i have my own website (own domain and webhosting). The webhosting is from lunarpages, and my webpage is using php.... so how do i add that in?

DO i have to create a table in my website then "add" the entries to the table whenever the EA trigger a buy/sell? thanks
  • #8
  • Jul 17, 2010 12:16pm Jul 17, 2010 12:16pm
hi,

seeing that you have php hosting (and mysql?), you can post your trade (symbol,open time,lot size, open price, sl, tp, etc) to server by forming a query string and send it using http-get

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string

- on your website, create a companion script that will parse the query string and store them on the database

- also create a php script that will pull the database content and make a proper html script to be displayed on visitor browser

hope this help
  • #9
  • Jul 17, 2010 12:18pm Jul 17, 2010 12:18pm
Quoting KPForex
i have my own website (own domain and webhosting). The webhosting is from lunarpages, and my webpage is using php.... so how do i add that in?

DO i have to create a table in my website then "add" the entries to the table whenever the EA trigger a buy/sell? thanks
Sounds like you need to do some web programming then. Unfortunately my specialty is embedded programming and signal processing...
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
  • #10
  • Jul 17, 2010 12:29pm Jul 17, 2010 12:29pm
Quoting stevegee58
Sounds like you need to do some web programming then. Unfortunately my specialty is embedded programming and signal processing...
reading "embedded programming" remind me with my old days with MCS-8051 and ADC 0804.
  • #11
  • Jul 17, 2010 12:39pm Jul 17, 2010 12:39pm
hey kpforex..... i'm not familar with lunarpages so can't say much there....

steve's google email idea sounds neat, didn't realize they offered that function.....

the basic way is to edit your page containing any information/trades/charts and such you wish to be added.... then re-upload it to your server..... once you have done it a few times it become second nature......

if that page contained a 'auto refreshing' script on it, someone with the page already opened would recieve the now updated page at the refreshing rate you have set.....

that's how i do it anyway......

i use both networksolutions.com and web.com ...... h

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there is a member here , enivid , might be able to help.... seem to remember he knew quite a bit..... unless i'm confused on the member name.......h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #12
  • Jul 17, 2010 2:39pm Jul 17, 2010 2:39pm
Well... look at any of my [TD] EAs, there is a way to have the EA send information to your website. I can help you put it up sometime next week if you'd like.
  • #13
  • Jul 18, 2010 4:04am Jul 18, 2010 4:04am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
Well... look at any of my [TD] EAs, there is a way to have the EA send information to your website. I can help you put it up sometime next week if you'd like.
ok sure sure... really thanks a lot... I am the server type guy.. dun know much about web designing and programming... So might need ur guidances on this...
  • #14
  • Jul 18, 2010 4:06am Jul 18, 2010 4:06am
Quoting hayseed
hey kpforex..... i'm not familar with lunarpages so can't say much there....

steve's google email idea sounds neat, didn't realize they offered that function.....

the basic way is to edit your page containing any information/trades/charts and such you wish to be added.... then re-upload it to your server..... once you have done it a few times it become second nature......

if...
Hi Hi thanks.... but can help me on this? cos i dun know abt this at all... thanks
  • #15
  • Jul 19, 2010 9:27am Jul 19, 2010 9:27am
anybody can help me with it? thanks
  • #16
  • Jul 19, 2010 9:37am Jul 19, 2010 9:37am
You need three main things:

 

  1. MySQL database
  2. Apache server with support for PHP
  3. An MQL dll call which handles web-access

Have them?

Skype me (brynmawr114) and we'll go over it

  • #17
  • Jul 19, 2010 9:52am Jul 19, 2010 9:52am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
You need three main things:

 

  1. MySQL database
  2. Apache server with support for PHP
  3. An MQL dll call which handles web-access

Have them?

Skype me (brynmawr114) and we'll go over it

Hi, i have mysql database, i have apache server with support for PHP but i dun know what is MQL dll call which handles web access? What is that? and how do i obtain that? thanks
  • #18
  • Jul 19, 2010 10:40am Jul 19, 2010 10:40am
I had the same problem and RangeBound showed me a very good solution:

http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...tp#post3085195
  • #19
  • Jul 20, 2010 5:41am Jul 20, 2010 5:41am
Quoting KPForex
Hi, i have mysql database, i have apache server with support for PHP but i dun know what is MQL dll call which handles web access? What is that? and how do i obtain that? thanks
To access MySQL DB, use PHP's mysql extension
PHP Code
<?
$dbname = 'dbname'; //ask host provider what's your database name
$username='dbusername'; //your db user name
$password='123'; //your password for db user name
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', $username, $password);
if (!$link) {
    die('Not connected : ' . mysql_error());
}
$db_selected = mysql_select_db($dnmame, $link);
if (!$db_selected) {
    die ('Error selecting forex db with msg: '.mysql_error());
}
//insert new row
mysql_query("INSERT INTO YOURTABLE (FIELD1,FIELD2,FIELD3) VALUES(VAL1,VAL2,VAL3)");
//
//
//get rows in the table
$result=mysql_query("SELECT FIELD1,FIELD2,FIELD3 FROM YOURTABLE");
//
//process $result
//
mysql_free_result($result);
mysql_close($link);
?>
  • #20
  • Jul 20, 2010 6:58am Jul 20, 2010 6:58am
Quoting sangmane
To access MySQL DB, use PHP's mysql extension
[php]
<?
$dbname = 'dbname'; //ask host provider what's your database name
$username='dbusername'; //your db user name
$password='123'; //your password for db user name
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', $username, $password);
if (!$link) {...

thanks... i created this php using dreamweaver called LinkToEA.php. Below is the script as directed by you. So what do i do next? thanks

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=gb2312">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<?
$dbname = 'EAforex'; //ask host provider what's your database name
$username='EAforex'; //your db user name
$password='test'; //your password for db user name
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', $username, $password);
if (!$link) {
die('Not connected : ' . mysql_error());
}
$db_selected = mysql_select_db($dnmame, $link);
if (!$db_selected) {
die ('Error selecting forex db with msg: '.mysql_error());
}
//insert new row
mysql_query("INSERT INTO YOURTABLE (FIELD1,FIELD2,FIELD3) VALUES(VAL1,VAL2,VAL3)");
//
//
//get rows in the table
$result=mysql_query("SELECT FIELD1,FIELD2,FIELD3 FROM YOURTABLE");
//
//process $result
//
mysql_free_result($result);
mysql_close($link);
?>





</body>
</html>
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