Fopen from form

Anon

Hi all..

I am trying to fetch some web information using fopen..

The problem is that I don´t have a link but I need to use a form... If I would change the form in link.asp?var=1000&var2=etc...
then the program gives me a error from the site saying I can´t refresh the data and I have to refill the form..

I know it is possible because some other guys did it but since they want money for the service of fetching this info I want to create my own script...

Please Help..

Kind regards,

Peanuts

danwatt

Ok, assuming this form is on another web server:
1) Open your PHP.INI file (in \Windows or \Winnt). Make sure the following line is present : allow_url_fopen = On
This allows fopen() and other functions to retrieve external pages on other servers
2) In your PHP script, be certain to include the "http://..." in the filename. Even if it resides on your own server, this is necessary.
3) Check the page on the external site with the form that you have to fill out. Make sure it does not say METHOD="POST". This will complicate matters greatly. Opening a url by "link.asp?var=..." is called the GET method. Im not 100% sure, but I think if you are trying to access form results that use the post method, the only way you could accomplish this is with CURL (a library included with PHP). Again, im not sure, but I think its possible.

Anon

Thanks for the response...

The problem however is that I have to use the POST method if I use the GET methode the server where i´m trying to get the data from will give me an error message that it isn´t possible to refresh and that I need to return to the form.. I can place the form on my own server no problem but the asp file that does the action is in deed on that other server.

Maybe this will clear it up a bit...

Kind regards,

Peanuts

danwatt

My only suggestion then is to look at CURL.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php

That page has SOME information about how POST works and how to set it up. I have never tried it, but I have seen it done before. From my understanding you build up a query, execute it, and it is returned as a string or dumped as a file, depending on how you set it up. If you get stuck, ask a new question on the board about specific CURL problems.

Unless anyone else has another idea