RE: [PHP] Faking a form POST
Thanks to everyone who helped out with this question, got it all working
nicely now. Will credit you all on finished site.
Cheers,
.ben
> -Original Message-
> From: Steve Dix [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 16 April 2002 12:26
> To: .ben
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Faking a form POST
>
>
> On 16 Apr 2002 at 12:22, .ben wrote:
>
> > hmm, i was kinda after an in-process component like the ASP components
> > ASPHTTP (http://www.ServerObjects.com) and ASPTear
> > (http://www.alphasieraapapa.com).
> >
> > cheers tho,
> >
> > .b
> >
>
> Try this :
>
> You will have to encode your data in a similar manner to a get
> method, only without using the ? ie
>
> to send hello = 1, mouse=brown
>
> &hello=1&mouse=brown
>
> in $data_to_send
>
> function PostToHost($host, $path, $data_to_send)
> {
> $fp = fsockopen($host,80);
> fputs($fp, "POST $path HTTP/1.1\n");
> fputs($fp, "Host: $host\n");
> fputs($fp, "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n");
> fputs($fp, "Content-length: ".strlen($data_to_send)."\n");
> fputs($fp, "Connection: close\n\n");
> fputs($fp, $data_to_send);
> while(!feof($fp))
> {
> echo fgets($fp, 128);
> }
> fclose($fp);
> }
>
> ?>
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RE: [PHP] Faking a form POST
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
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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
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Re: [PHP] Faking a form POST
Check out the php docs for curl: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php
Maybe it's more of what you need. I use it with paypay autopay and such.
"Steve Dix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On 16 Apr 2002 at 12:22, .ben wrote:
>
> > hmm, i was kinda after an in-process component like the ASP components
> > ASPHTTP (http://www.ServerObjects.com) and ASPTear
> > (http://www.alphasieraapapa.com).
> >
> > cheers tho,
> >
> > .b
> >
>
> Try this :
>
> You will have to encode your data in a similar manner to a get
> method, only without using the ? ie
>
> to send hello = 1, mouse=brown
>
> &hello=1&mouse=brown
>
> in $data_to_send
>
> function PostToHost($host, $path, $data_to_send)
> {
> $fp = fsockopen($host,80);
> fputs($fp, "POST $path HTTP/1.1\n");
> fputs($fp, "Host: $host\n");
> fputs($fp, "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n");
> fputs($fp, "Content-length: ".strlen($data_to_send)."\n");
> fputs($fp, "Connection: close\n\n");
> fputs($fp, $data_to_send);
> while(!feof($fp))
> {
> echo fgets($fp, 128);
> }
> fclose($fp);
> }
>
> ?>
> Steve Dix>==<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> http://www.snorty.net/
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RE: [PHP] Faking a form POST
On 16 Apr 2002 at 12:22, .ben wrote: > hmm, i was kinda after an in-process component like the ASP components > ASPHTTP (http://www.ServerObjects.com) and ASPTear > (http://www.alphasieraapapa.com). > > cheers tho, > > .b > Try this : You will have to encode your data in a similar manner to a get method, only without using the ? ie to send hello = 1, mouse=brown &hello=1&mouse=brown in $data_to_send Steve Dix>==<[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stevedix.de/ http://www.snorty.net/ http://www.mp3.com/simpletons http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/2706 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Faking a form POST
hmm, i was kinda after an in-process component like the ASP components ASPHTTP (http://www.ServerObjects.com) and ASPTear (http://www.alphasieraapapa.com). cheers tho, .b > -Original Message- > From: jon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 16 April 2002 05:10 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Faking a form POST > > > If you're on windows, you can use a program called Achilles. It acts as a > proxy and lets you edit the data you send from your browser... > > Don't have a URL handy, but it's easy to find. > > -- jon > > > > > -Original Message- > From: .ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:36 PM > To: PHP > Subject: [PHP] Faking a form POST > > > 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. > > Cheers, > > .ben > > > -- > 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
