Erik, thanks for this. Works great, .b
> -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 16 April 2002 14:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: PHP > Subject: Re: [PHP] Faking a form POST > > > > On Monday, April 15, 2002, at 09:36 PM, .ben wrote: > > > Hi. Does anyone know how to POST data to another script as if a form > > had > > done so? I want to POST some data to a script on another site and > > retrieve > > the data that is returned so i can poick it apart, i did it in ASP > > using a > > 3rd party component... just wondering if the same could be done in PHP. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > This function will look a lot prettier once you've copied it into a text > editor that can handle > 80 columns -- or you can remove the comments. > > From the archives: > > # =============================================================== > # PostToHost($host, $path, $data_to_send) > # --------------------------------------------------------------- > # "It is a trivial little function." > # -Rasmus > # =============================================================== > > function PostToHost($host, $path, $data_to_send) > { > $fp = fsockopen($host,80); > // $fp now points > to the "file" opened > by fsockopen > fputs($fp, "POST $path HTTP/1.0\n"); > // write the first header, with > the path and the protocol (annotations suggest using 1.0 over 1.1) > fputs($fp, "Host: $host\n"); > // write the hostname line > of the header > fputs($fp, "Content-type: > application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n"); // write > the encoding type line of the header > fputs($fp, "Content-length: " . strlen($data_to_send) . > "\n"); // write > the content-length of data to send > fputs($fp, "Connection: close\n\n"); > // close the connection, and > a blank line > fputs($fp, $data_to_send); > // write the data > to send (in POST variable > form) > while(!feof($fp)) { > // until > the end of the "file", eat 128 > bytes at a time > echo fgets($fp, 128); > } > fclose($fp); > // close the "file" > } > > > > ---- > > Erik Price > Web Developer Temp > Media Lab, H.H. Brown > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
