The table stuff just affects what's shown on the user's screen. It's the input field that affects what goes to the server; in this case, that's <input ... name="country" ...> so you want to post country=US. If there were multiple fields, you would separate them with ampersands such as country=US&state=CA. Tony
_____ From: Alan Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:27 PM To: Tony Lewis; wget@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: php form Tony, Thanks. I have to log in with username/password, and I think I know how to do that with wget using POST. For the actual search page, the HTML source says it`s: <form action="full_search.php" method="POST"> However, I`m not clear on how to convey the data for the search. The search for has defined a table. One of the entries, for example, is: <tr> <td><b><font face="Arial">Search by Country:</font></b></td> <td><input type="text" name="country" size="50" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> If I want to use wget to search for entries in the U.S. ("US"), then how do I convey this when I post to the php? Thanks, Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Lewis <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Alan Thomas' <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; wget@sunsite.dk Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:53 AM Subject: RE: php form Look for <form action="some-web-page" method="XXX" ...> action tells you where the form fields are sent. method tells you if the server is expecting the data to be sent using a GET or POST command; GET is the default. In the case of GET, the arguments go into the URL. If method is POST, follow the instructions in the manual. Hope that helps. Tony _____ From: Alan Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:39 PM To: wget@sunsite.dk Subject: php form There is a database on a web server (to which I have access) that is accessible via username/password. The only way for users to access the database is to use a form with search criteria and then press a button that starts a php script that produces a web page with the results of the search. I have a couple of questions: 1. Is there any easy way to know exactly what commands are behind the button, to duplicate them? 2. If so, then do I just use the POST command as described in the manual, after logging in (per the manual), to get the data it provides. I have used wget just a little, but I am completely new to php. Thanks, Alan
