--- In php-list@yahoogroups.com, William Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi again, i forgot a detail, how can i keep the cookies? what i want
> > is to make a script that get details from all my yahoo groups. First i
> > login to yahoo and then file_get_contents('http;//groups.yahoo.com/')
> > but the login session is not keeped. How can i solve this problem?
> > Thanks.
> > Cosmin
> >
>
> First, you wouldn't want to do file_get_contents, you would want to do
> another PostPage('http://groups.yahoo.com','','',$cookie); That way it
> would set your cookies for that page and return the page. So in
essence,
> it would do exactly as you would with file_get_contents, however it
> would set your cookie too.
>
> Later on, make if nothing has stepped on your cookiefile, do:
> $page = PostPage('http://groups.yahoo.com','','',$cookie); To get the
> page again without logging in.
>
> If the cookies were initially created the first time you logged to the
> site, it would work again without the need to login.
>
> Keep in mind, cookies will work just like they do in a browser so if
> they have a timeout after 5 minutes, for example, 5 minutes later they
> would no longer work and you would have to login again.
>
Yep, it worked. You're a great programmer :) now i understood how
cookies and php curl work.
Thanks you very much !!!
