Connecting desktop app to online database via php

Question

I've read a lot of posts on this general subject but I still can't seem to figure it out.

I'm building a Mac/PC desktop application. When a user first authorizes the app, I want to store their info in an online Mysql database. I'm using the JUCE library to call and handle a php file online which in turn handles the updating of the online database. On my desktop app:

String url = "http://www.syntorial.com/onlinePHPFileToCall.php?email=" + email + "&computer=" + SystemStats::getComputerName();
URL authURL(url);
InputStream *input = authURL.createInputStream(true);
String result = input->readString();

And the php file:

<?php

$result = "";

$mysqli = new mysqli('localhost','username','password','dbname');

if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
    $result = "connection failed";
}
else
{
    $mysqli->select_db("UserInfo");

    $email = $_GET['email'];
    $computer = $_GET['computer'];

    $query = "UPDATE UserInfo SET computer = '$computer' WHERE email = '$email'";

    if ($queryResult = $mysqli->query($query))
    {
        $result = "true";
    }
    else
    {
        $result = "false";
    }
}

echo $result;
?>

The result comes back "true" on my desktop app, but the information doesn't actually get saved into the database. If instead of

InputStream *input = authURL.createInputStream(true);

I use:

authURL.launchInDefaultBrowser();

it opens up the php file in a browser and everything works fine. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

Turns out the "true" argument in CreateInputStream was telling it to use POST data instead of GET so the call was ignoring the GET data. Thanks the help.