arduino ethernet shiled (R3) data upload on WL-500gP local php report.

[krica]

Hi to all,
I would first of all declare that I don't use Linux based operating system nor I have expereience on WL-500gP (exept creating a Lan).

I have a gardening automated project with Arduino controller.
I have also an ethernet shield (r3) (http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoEthernetShield)
I really have many things, because I have also a WL-500gP..

I would like to do something like that:
1 - upload data stored by arduino to WL500-gP USB Hard Disk.
2 - display data on a local php (or html) page, in my LAN (WG-500gP based).
3 - compile a php form (always by a flying php page, or something similar).
4 - download new setting or operation controls back to arduino.

In other terms I would to control (displaiing state, show operations done by arduino by time, setting new operations or preferences).


I know that it's a very long way, but I found this way exiting to expand this sistem for gardens.

I hope someone could introduce me to the single steps I have to study,
if you think it's a a fool project,
if you have suggestion or alternative solutions..
and..
If you can, some little help (from my friends [joe cocker])

tank you.

[wpte]

I suppose you could use the build in FTP stack of arduino: http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/FTP
By far the easiest method of writing stuff to the wl-500gp

Otherwise you could make a php script which is able to handle http post request (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POST_(HTTP)) and using a web client http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/WebClient

For setup on the wl-500gp use the wengi tutorial: http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?10307-HowTo-Install-and-configure-Oleg-s-firmware
it'll allow you to set up some basic package system so you may install a server and php system.
I wrote an tutorial for lighttpd php and mysql: http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?20306-How-to-Lighttpd-PHP-MySQL-and-Eaccelerator
which will be able to run almost any php script you'd like.

for simple php stuff the httpd-php package should be more than adequate.

but to be honest, I'm not sure you should go for a router for your first linux experience.
Maybe get a raspberry pi (http://www.raspberrypi.org/), it's probably a lot easier to start with ;)