[PHP] PHP and HTTP requests

[Aleksei Ivanov]

Hi,

I realize it's a stupid question but I need a simple solution.. I'd like to get 
contence from script-generated webpage (I send a regquest via get or post method to a 
page and it generates a response page - how do get that page as a string? Get the 
source of the page). It's obvious that it cannot be shown with file functions. Only 
solution I was mentioned vas CURL package but I'd like to solve this with standard 
functions. Is it possible? 

Thanks in advance
Aleksei

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Re: [PHP] PHP and HTTP requests

[Michal Migurski]

 I realize it's a stupid question but I need a simple solution.. I'd like
 to get contence from script-generated webpage (I send a regquest via get
 or post method to a page and it generates a response page - how do get
 that page as a string? Get the source of the page). It's obvious that it
 cannot be shown with file functions. Only solution I was mentioned vas
 CURL package but I'd like to solve this with standard functions. Is it
 possible?

fopen() can support streams, if your configuration allows it:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php

Alternatively, you can use the socket functions to hand-roll an HTTP
request, in the event that you need stricter control over POST contents or
specific headers.
http://php.net/manual/en/ref.sockets.php

Or, if you're on a unix system, and curl's available as an executable, and
you consider exec to be a standard function, there's always this:
$response = shell_exec(curl http://www.example.com;);

I always use last method that in preference to the curl functions.
I find them incredibly overengineered. :)

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Re: [PHP] PHP and HTTP requests

[Richard Davey]

Hello Aleksei,

Monday, April 19, 2004, 7:39:43 PM, you wrote:

AI I realize it's a stupid question but I need a simple
AI solution.. I'd like to get contence from script-generated webpage
AI (I send a regquest via get or post method to a page and it
AI generates a response page - how do get that page as a string? Get
AI the source of the page). It's obvious that it cannot be shown with
AI file functions. Only solution I was mentioned vas CURL package but
AI I'd like to solve this with standard functions. Is it possible? 

You can perform a GET request using the standard file functions (fopen
for example) because all the parameters can be passed on the Query
String).

However to make your life easier, and to support POST methods, just
get yourself the excellent free class - Snoopy. I think the web site
is just snoopy.sourceforge.net

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Re: [PHP] PHP and HTTP requests

[John W. Holmes]

From: Aleksei Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 I realize it's a stupid question but I need a simple solution.. I'd
 like to get contence from script-generated webpage (I send a
 regquest via get or post method to a page and it generates a
 response page - how do get that page as a string? Get the
 source of the page). It's obvious that it cannot be shown with
 file functions. Only solution I was mentioned vas CURL package
 but I'd like to solve this with standard functions. Is it possible?

$page =
file_get_contents('http://www.domain.com/page.php?param1=value1param2=value
2');

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