WhoIs Application in Flash

[jwduncan]

Since no one has responded to my earlier question about "WhoIs" I am going to ask it again, but with a bonus:  The first person to send me a .fla and the PHP files (It has to be using PHP files and Flash) of exactly what I am looking for I will send you 50 bucks through PayPal.  Here is what I posted earlier:

I want people to be able to search for domain names with these extensions: .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info and .us in Flash and then in Flash return the result of "Congratulations!  This domain name is available." or "Sorry.  This domain name is not available."  They have to be able to choose the extension in a drop down menu.

I promise I am a honest guy and I really need a working .fla and the PHP files of what I am asking for ASAP.  So, the first person to send me a .fla and the PHP files of exactly what I have asked for above I will immediately send you 50 bucks through PayPal.  I can only send the first person who gives me a working version of what I am asking for 50 bucks (I am not a millioniare.)

If you have any questions please ask.  My email address is writersfusion@aol.com

Thanks!

Jonathan

[Jorge Solis]

Well, the thing is that the Whois Server used for queryng in Unix systems only have info about .com, .net, .org and .edu domains. The new domains as .biz or .info are managed by new companys and the info is not avaible using a standard UNIX whois command. Anyway you can send a query to the internic page:

http://www-whois.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=somedomain.biz&type=domain

The thing is that you don't receive a simple request, but a complete HTML page in response, difficult to be parsed and output to Flash. Perhaps there's some service or API that I don't know to do this.

Jorge

[jwduncan]

I found a php script called "Matt's WhoIs" at http://www.mattsscripts.co.uk/ which uses templates.  It works great on my Unix server and you can search for .biz, .info, and .us as well as a lot of others.  You can customize the templates as well.  You put in the domain name you want to search and it comes back with yes it is available or no it is not.  I have that working just the way I want it in HTML.  Is there a way to convert it into Flash, since it works perfect in the HTML version?

[Jorge Solis]

Well, the question is if this script can output the info in a Flash friendly way.
If you take a look at the main file (mwhois.php), you see that the script opens a socket conection to port 43 (whois service) using a wide list of servers pertinent on each domain.
The template is very indeep mixed with the main file, and for sure, you can output a clean string to flash, but need hardwork in this, isolating the needed functions. If you have a clear knowledge of PHP (and you really need it), try yourself. If not, email the author, perhaps he can help you, since he knows perfectly how the flow is organized.

Jorge

[jwduncan]

Thank You!  I have emailed the creator of the script in hopes he knows Flash well enough to be able to help me.  

[stefan123]

Hey man

i am looking for the same thing and i have not found any answers. If you found any please let me know. i will happely refund your $50. please man

[jwduncan]

I ended up paying Jorge (the moderator in the thread you responded to) to do it for me.  I think I ended up paying him a couple hundred or more (can't remember - that was back in 2002) to do the job.  You can see it in action at www.spreadtheweb.com (my company site).  Just click on "Search".  I can't send out the files to you because it's a lot more involved than just sending you the files.  Contact Jorge if you need anything done.