Help opening a url using the Cuhead WiFi shield v2

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I have troubles connecting to my website using a Cuhead WiFi shield v2, I have tried using the example from: ZG2100BasedWiFiShield/examples at master · linksprite/ZG2100BasedWiFiShield · GitHub
I have successfully created a "SimpleServer".

I have a PHP site that is using $_GET to collect data and save them into a PHPMySQL database(I know it's insecure :P)
I want my arduino to open a link like this: http://example.com/arduinoData.php?numbers=1244

could someone help me accomplish this?

I haven't paid for full plan for my site, so I don't have a dedicated IP address.

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I have a PHP site that is using $_GET to collect data and save them into a PHPMySQL database

Is this server run by a hosting company on the internet? Or is it your server on your localnet?

I have successfully created a "SimpleServer".

You need client code for this.

I haven't paid for full plan for my site, so I don't have a dedicated IP address.

Then you must use client code. If you are not a commercial account, chances are your ISP blocks port 80 requests from the internet.

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my server is from a hosting company called iFastNet (Web Hosting, Domain Registration, Dedicated Server, VPS Server)
And i don't really understand the codes, but as I see it I need the ip address of my server, which I don't have becuase I have "Premium Hosting" and I need the "Business Hosting" for a dedicated IP address.

Do you think it's still possible for me to archive this?

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Then you should be able to access your site using client code. Use the ip address of the server (ifastnet.com) to connect, then put a "Host: mydomain.com" parameter in the request header. Here is the wifi shield example I use:

client.println("GET /mypage.php HTTP/1.1");
client.println("Host: mydomain.com");
client.println("Connection: close\r\n");

edit: Actually, if you have your domain name registered correctly, it should resolve to the ifastnet server anyway.

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SurferTim:
Then you should be able to access your site using client code. Use the ip address of the server (ifastnet.com) to connect, then put a "Host: mydomain.com" parameter in the request header. Here is the wifi shield example I use:

client.println("GET /mypage.php HTTP/1.1");

client.println("Host: mydomain.com");
client.println("Connection: close\r\n");




edit: Actually, if you have your domain name registered correctly, it should resolve to the ifastnet server anyway.

I'm new to all this internet code. This is what I have: ZG2100BasedWiFiShield/examples/WebClient/WebClient.pde at master · linksprite/ZG2100BasedWiFiShield · GitHub
Could you edit that code in someway to add your code in?

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I don't know what webclient_get() does. It should connect to your server ok, but I don't know how it sends the rest of the header. Without the Host part of the header, it won't connect to your virtual server.