I don't know what this code's for

Code:

<?php
//$server="69.22.158.241";
function shorten($y) {
        switch($y) {
                case "Overall": return "Over";
                case "Attack": return "Att";
                case "Defence": return "Def";
                case "Strength": return "Str";
                case "Hitpoints": return "HP";
                case "Ranged": return "Range";
                case "Prayer": return "Pray";
                case "Magic": return "Mage";
                case "Cooking": return "Cook";
                case "Woodcutting": return "Woodcut";
                case "Fletching": return "Fletch";
                case "Fishing": return "Fish";
                case "Firemaking": return "Fire";
                case "Crafting": return "Craft";
                case "Smithing": return "Smith";
                case "Mining": return "Mining";
                case "Herblore": return "Herb";
                case "Agility": return "Agil";
                case "Thieving": return "Thieve";
                case "Slayer": return "Slayer";
                case "Farming": return "Farm";
                case "Runecraft": return "Rune";
                case "Construction": return "Const";

        }
}
$server="hiscore.runescape.com";
$type=$_GET['type'];
$name=$_GET['name'];
$regex="/<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"(.+?)\">\n([A-Za-z0-9]+?)\n<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">([0-9,]+?)<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">([0-9,]+?)<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">([0-9,]+?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>/i";
$data="";
        $socket=fsockopen("64.90.181.252", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
        if (!$socket) {
                die("Sorry, an error occured: $errno [ $errstr ]");
        }
        else {
                $out = "GET /hiscorepersonal.ws?user1=$name HTTP/1.0\r\n";
                $out .= "Host: hiscore.runescape.com\r\n";
                $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n";
                fwrite($socket,$out);
                while (!feof($socket)) {
                        $data.=fgets($socket,4096);
                }
                fclose($socket);
                //flush out some shit
                //unset($out); unset($socket); unset($server); unset($type); unset($name);
                //parse the output
                preg_match_all($regex,$data,$m);
        $c=0;
        if ($type=="level") {
                foreach ($m[2] as $statname => $x) {
                        if ($c!=0) {
                        echo " | ";
                        }
                        $c++;
                        echo $x. ": " . $m[4][$statname];
                }
        }
        if ($type=="exp") {
                foreach ($m[2] as $statname => $x) {
                        if ($c!=0) {
                        echo " | ";
                        }
                        $c++;
                        echo $x. ": " . $m[5][$statname];
                }
        }
        if ($type=="rank") {
                foreach ($m[2] as $statname => $x) {
                        if ($c!=0) {
                        echo " | ";
                        }
                        $c++;
                        echo  $x. ": " . $m[3][$statname];
                }
        }

        }
        //unset($m); unset($regex); unset($data);

?>

i found that on http://de.pastebin.ca/292822, after I typed runescapes IP address in google

 

That looks like a PHP stat calculator.

Moving to Other Languages...

 

ok.. so that means? I've heard of PHP, don't understand it at all.. but how is it effective?

Thanks for the move BTW

 

Where did you get this, yes I believe it is a stat calc )_) can get you how much xp you need for a certain stat

 

Like I said, I pinged runescape... got the IP address, typed the ip address into google (simply for kicks) and that site popped up..

really, how much EXP huh? I thought those weren't existant, so that means this probably doesn't work correct?

And if it does.. will someone elightment me as to how, and what to do ..

At the site, however, they had the option to submit an edit for this code, so it looks to be put together by different people.

 

so anymore info as to what its for? and how to use it, and if its legit?

 

It's a high score lookup script. It just returns a string of statistics (like attack, defense, and strength levels) on whatever user the site visitor is interested in. It's not very well coded, so I doubt it still works.

 

looks like it gets the stats from runescape.

 

Thanks captain obvious, that's been stated already! What we do without your 1337 skillz?

Anyways...

Find a host that supports php, upload that scripts through whatever they support with a .php extension, and open it up in your browser, and that should work.

 

Thanks for it man, it will save some time when I code my RuneScape website