Hitting an URL from inside a php

frigidman

How would one go about hitting a URL with a query string from within the middle of a php script execution?

Say for instance, you have a function, that sends data to a URL by going to "http://blah.duh.com/thing.app?data=urlencodedcrud".

Whats a good way to do this? I tried using "virtual" but that is seriously screwed... as what it hits then overwrites all my vars with its own (stupid function, acts just like a require or include).

I tried a readfile() but that failed with errors... anyone know a way? There has got to be a way to do this without needing the client browser to be bothered with the entire process.

psr540

here is an idea, but you must figure out the detail

try a hidden iframe, iframe is actually a seperate document which has nothing to do with your main document, put a form in iframe which will be submitted to your url when iframe document is loaded
<?
echo "<iframe name='test' style='display:\"none\"'>";
echo "<body onload='document.testform.submit()'>";
echo "<form name='testform' method='get' action='www.test.com/test.app'>";
echo "<input type='hidden' value='urlencoded'>";
echo "</form>";
echo "</iframe>";