Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > I am trying to develop a testing framework for a bunch of php scripts. These > > files expect various kinds of data from the $_POST array. They work fine > when invoked from the browser. > > But I am wondering if I can programmatically pass these values so that I can > > stress test them in a systematic manner. > [/snip] > > You will probably want to use http://www.php.net/curl > You can also try the Apache benchmarking tool - ab [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/ab.html]
It can also do POST request (check the -p option) <quote from=http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/programs/ab.html> -p POST file A file containing data that the program will send to the Apache server in any HTTP POST requests. The contents of the file should look like name=value&something=other, with special characters URL encoded. </quote> HTH, cheers Silvio -- tradeOver | http://www.tradeover.net ...ready to become the King of the World? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
