Re: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!

2002-02-19 Thread hugh danaher

When submitting data to the site that provides details from addresses and
postcodes what is the last page you see, and what does its header look like.
If it's the redirect page, where does it say it's going. Perhaps, you could
send an amended header directly to that page, skip all the pages in between,
and figure out how to display the results data from your own site
(perhaps--gasp!--in a frame) .





- Original Message -
From: "annazaraah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!


> hi..
>
> sorry i haven't explained myself well..
>
> this is what i am trying to do
>
> i need to send house numbers and postcodes to script on another
> machine(third party).  the script then sends back complete address details
> for the house number and postcode.
>
> i have no control on how the third party script works.  after i send the
> script the postcode and house number, it shows a page saying "redirecting
to
> another page", it then redirects to this page and then the address results
> are displayed.
>
> the redirection page is necessary - as this is where some extra infomation
> is added, before the data gets forwarded to the last page (so i cannot
> connect to the last page directly)
>
> what i want to do is set something up so that a user entering his postcode
> and house number will not see the redirection page.
>
> i tried to use fopen to open the redirection url, parse the contents,
> extract the forwarding url and then fopen again with that url... but this
is
> really quite slow.
>
> the whole thing takes about 17 secs instead of 2.
>
> i wanted to know how i could just display the last page without showing
the
> user the redirection page ..
>
> do you have any ideas... i'm all idea-ed out!
>
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Justin French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: DigitalKoala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!
>
>
> > Not entirely sure what your trying to do, but...
> >
> > Unless you need to collect information off the user's machine (cookies,
> > form input, etc), then user never needs to render that page in order to
> > perform a redirect.  You can have a straight php file which has no HTML,
> > and prints nothing to the screen.  Since you aren't sending anything,
> > you can do a redirect header, and there will be information send to the
> > browser (ie, no need to render a page).
> >
> >  > file://middlepage.php
> >
> > // do stuff
> >
> > // redirect
> > header("Location: http://www.php.net/";);
> > exit;
> > ?>
> >
> >
> > > (as some extra information is collected)
> >
> > You need to be a bit clearer here... If you do need to collect
> > information (like a cookie), then you have to render the page I believe.
> >
> >
> > Justin French
> > ---
> > http://indent.com.au
> > http://soundpimps.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > DigitalKoala wrote:
> > >
> > > you still see the redirection "middle page" then ..
> > >
> > > (as some extra information is collected)
> > >
> > > Martin Towell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > what about just include'ing it?
> > > >
> > > > -Original Message-
> > > > From: DigitalKoala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:53 AM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > hi folks,
> > > >
> > > > i've been tearing my hair out over a redirection problem ... but i
> can't
> > > > seem to find a satisfactory solution.
> > > >
> > > > i'm sending some variables to a script on an external webpage, the
> webpage
> > > > sends me the data i need back.. except that this page goes through a
> > > > redirect page...
> > > >
> > > > i want to keep this redirect page hidden from the end user.
> > > >
> > > > i cannot link directly to the redirect target, as the redirection is
> > > > actually retrieving essential data from elsewhere before arriving at
>

Re: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!

2002-02-19 Thread annazaraah

hi..

sorry i haven't explained myself well..

this is what i am trying to do

i need to send house numbers and postcodes to script on another
machine(third party).  the script then sends back complete address details
for the house number and postcode.

i have no control on how the third party script works.  after i send the
script the postcode and house number, it shows a page saying "redirecting to
another page", it then redirects to this page and then the address results
are displayed.

the redirection page is necessary - as this is where some extra infomation
is added, before the data gets forwarded to the last page (so i cannot
connect to the last page directly)

what i want to do is set something up so that a user entering his postcode
and house number will not see the redirection page.

i tried to use fopen to open the redirection url, parse the contents,
extract the forwarding url and then fopen again with that url... but this is
really quite slow.

the whole thing takes about 17 secs instead of 2.

i wanted to know how i could just display the last page without showing the
user the redirection page ..

do you have any ideas... i'm all idea-ed out!




- Original Message -
From: Justin French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: DigitalKoala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:02 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!


> Not entirely sure what your trying to do, but...
>
> Unless you need to collect information off the user's machine (cookies,
> form input, etc), then user never needs to render that page in order to
> perform a redirect.  You can have a straight php file which has no HTML,
> and prints nothing to the screen.  Since you aren't sending anything,
> you can do a redirect header, and there will be information send to the
> browser (ie, no need to render a page).
>
>  file://middlepage.php
>
> // do stuff
>
> // redirect
> header("Location: http://www.php.net/";);
> exit;
> ?>
>
>
> > (as some extra information is collected)
>
> You need to be a bit clearer here... If you do need to collect
> information (like a cookie), then you have to render the page I believe.
>
>
> Justin French
> ---
> http://indent.com.au
> http://soundpimps.com
>
>
>
>
> DigitalKoala wrote:
> >
> > you still see the redirection "middle page" then ..
> >
> > (as some extra information is collected)
> >
> > Martin Towell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > what about just include'ing it?
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: DigitalKoala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:53 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!
> > >
> > >
> > > hi folks,
> > >
> > > i've been tearing my hair out over a redirection problem ... but i
can't
> > > seem to find a satisfactory solution.
> > >
> > > i'm sending some variables to a script on an external webpage, the
webpage
> > > sends me the data i need back.. except that this page goes through a
> > > redirect page...
> > >
> > > i want to keep this redirect page hidden from the end user.
> > >
> > > i cannot link directly to the redirect target, as the redirection is
> > > actually retrieving essential data from elsewhere before arriving at
its
> > > destination.
> > >
> > > also i tried using fopen to read the complete html from this fetch,
parse
> > it
> > > and retrieve the data that i want.. but this is so slow.
> > >
> > > is there a way i can just get the results from the final html page and
> > > display that to the user directly?
> > >
> > > i hope i've explained this clearly enough :)
> > >
> > > thanks for your help!!
> > >
> > > dk
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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Re: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!

2002-02-19 Thread Justin French

Not entirely sure what your trying to do, but...

Unless you need to collect information off the user's machine (cookies,
form input, etc), then user never needs to render that page in order to
perform a redirect.  You can have a straight php file which has no HTML,
and prints nothing to the screen.  Since you aren't sending anything,
you can do a redirect header, and there will be information send to the
browser (ie, no need to render a page).

http://www.php.net/";);
exit;
?>


> (as some extra information is collected)

You need to be a bit clearer here... If you do need to collect
information (like a cookie), then you have to render the page I believe.


Justin French
---
http://indent.com.au
http://soundpimps.com




DigitalKoala wrote:
> 
> you still see the redirection "middle page" then ..
> 
> (as some extra information is collected)
> 
> Martin Towell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > what about just include'ing it?
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: DigitalKoala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:53 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!
> >
> >
> > hi folks,
> >
> > i've been tearing my hair out over a redirection problem ... but i can't
> > seem to find a satisfactory solution.
> >
> > i'm sending some variables to a script on an external webpage, the webpage
> > sends me the data i need back.. except that this page goes through a
> > redirect page...
> >
> > i want to keep this redirect page hidden from the end user.
> >
> > i cannot link directly to the redirect target, as the redirection is
> > actually retrieving essential data from elsewhere before arriving at its
> > destination.
> >
> > also i tried using fopen to read the complete html from this fetch, parse
> it
> > and retrieve the data that i want.. but this is so slow.
> >
> > is there a way i can just get the results from the final html page and
> > display that to the user directly?
> >
> > i hope i've explained this clearly enough :)
> >
> > thanks for your help!!
> >
> > dk
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!

2002-02-19 Thread annazaraah

RE: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!you still see the redirection 
"middle page" then ..

the redirection needs to happen (as some extra information is collected), but what i 
want to display to the user is just the end result.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Martin Towell 
  To: 'DigitalKoala' ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:02 AM
  Subject: RE: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!


  what about just include'ing it? 

  -Original Message- 
  From: DigitalKoala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:53 AM 
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Subject: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem! 



  hi folks, 

  i've been tearing my hair out over a redirection problem ... but i can't 
  seem to find a satisfactory solution. 

  i'm sending some variables to a script on an external webpage, the webpage 
  sends me the data i need back.. except that this page goes through a 
  redirect page... 

  i want to keep this redirect page hidden from the end user. 

  i cannot link directly to the redirect target, as the redirection is 
  actually retrieving essential data from elsewhere before arriving at its 
  destination. 

  also i tried using fopen to read the complete html from this fetch, parse it 
  and retrieve the data that i want.. but this is so slow. 

  is there a way i can just get the results from the final html page and 
  display that to the user directly? 

  i hope i've explained this clearly enough :) 

  thanks for your help!! 

  dk 







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Re: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!

2002-02-19 Thread DigitalKoala

you still see the redirection "middle page" then ..

the redirection needs to happen (as some extra information is collected),
but what i want to display to the user is just the end result.

Martin Towell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> what about just include'ing it?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: DigitalKoala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:53 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!
>
>
> hi folks,
>
> i've been tearing my hair out over a redirection problem ... but i can't
> seem to find a satisfactory solution.
>
> i'm sending some variables to a script on an external webpage, the webpage
> sends me the data i need back.. except that this page goes through a
> redirect page...
>
> i want to keep this redirect page hidden from the end user.
>
> i cannot link directly to the redirect target, as the redirection is
> actually retrieving essential data from elsewhere before arriving at its
> destination.
>
> also i tried using fopen to read the complete html from this fetch, parse
it
> and retrieve the data that i want.. but this is so slow.
>
> is there a way i can just get the results from the final html page and
> display that to the user directly?
>
> i hope i've explained this clearly enough :)
>
> thanks for your help!!
>
> dk
>
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!

2002-02-19 Thread Martin Towell

what about just include'ing it?

-Original Message-
From: DigitalKoala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:53 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!


hi folks,

i've been tearing my hair out over a redirection problem ... but i can't
seem to find a satisfactory solution.

i'm sending some variables to a script on an external webpage, the webpage
sends me the data i need back.. except that this page goes through a
redirect page...

i want to keep this redirect page hidden from the end user.

i cannot link directly to the redirect target, as the redirection is
actually retrieving essential data from elsewhere before arriving at its
destination.

also i tried using fopen to read the complete html from this fetch, parse it
and retrieve the data that i want.. but this is so slow.

is there a way i can just get the results from the final html page and
display that to the user directly?

i hope i've explained this clearly enough :)

thanks for your help!!

dk






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[PHP] really hopelessly stuck on this problem!

2002-02-19 Thread DigitalKoala

hi folks,

i've been tearing my hair out over a redirection problem ... but i can't
seem to find a satisfactory solution.

i'm sending some variables to a script on an external webpage, the webpage
sends me the data i need back.. except that this page goes through a
redirect page...

i want to keep this redirect page hidden from the end user.

i cannot link directly to the redirect target, as the redirection is
actually retrieving essential data from elsewhere before arriving at its
destination.

also i tried using fopen to read the complete html from this fetch, parse it
and retrieve the data that i want.. but this is so slow.

is there a way i can just get the results from the final html page and
display that to the user directly?

i hope i've explained this clearly enough :)

thanks for your help!!

dk






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