Createing a POST request using header?

marky2coats

Hi ppl,

Is there a way of building a POST request using the header() function?

Im trying to hide form values from the user for added security.

Thanks in advance.

Mark.

Anon

But where would the POST be sent? To the same served that's submitting the form? That wouldn't really gain anything.

If you want certain values to follow the user from one page to another (such as when they submit a form), but you don't want to put them into hidden form variables, you would probably be better off using session variables; the values of these don't get sent to the browser at all.

Anon

This is strange, i was about to post the same question. I have a form processing script that I want to insert values into a db and then send those same values off to a credit card processing site. Is there a way to send those values via POST without actually building form and hitting submit? (with the header() function?) I realize that I could just append all the values to the URL but I would prefer to use POST rather than GET.

Anon

Either use fsockopen() and do all the headers and such yourself, or use the cURL functions to do the work for you.

marky2coats

My problem is the same as devin's. Im wanting to send data to a credit card processing server via https. For this to work I have to include the my username and password in hidden fields which get posted to the credit card processing server. Obviously this is a huge security risk.

What would a POST header look like or where can I get information on the syntax for a POST header?

Thanks again

Mark.