2 Questions: I-Check and a Counter

["Brian T. Allen" <brian@purenetfx.com>]

Hi All,

I have 2 questions, both of which I can do in PERL and PHP, but I am not as
well versed in minivend yet.

1)   I want ot interface with I-Check (http://www.i-check.net, it is a great
way to accept checks online.  It costs $1.35 per check regardless of the
cost, and you usually get it within 24 - 48 hours).

What I can do is pass the session ID to I-Check in a URL, or a different
unique number that points to a temp file on the hard drive that holds the
persons information & order, and then they pass back an I-Check receipt
number in a URL to me,  normally to a cgi or php page.

I am just unsure of how to temporarily store this information on my server,
and how to get the receipt number and unique ID back from I-Check and
process it.  Does Minivend automatically assign variables passed in a GET or
POST method like PHP does?

2)   This should be a little easier.  I have working in both PERL and PHP a
counter that is based on the URL of the page, and keeps a separate file for
each unique URL.  For instance www.mydomain.com/products/index.html would
create a file in the counter directory named =products=index.html (/'s are
replaced with ='s for file compatibility).  If the file already exists it
increments the number that is already in there.  It works for products as
well, so they can tell how many times each product is view and purchased,
and see which products have the best conversion/sale rate.

How can I do something like this with Minivend?  I will need to be able to
read and write files, and get the $ENV{DOCUMENT_URI} environment variable
like in a CGI or PERL script.

Thanks in advance!
Brian T. Allen
brian@purenetfx.com