posting forms and curl

[warmwind]

I have a script that accepts arguments, and then re-submits to another, secure, web page, where the data is used to generate another form .. I'm currently using GET method (ie https://www.tim.com?name=Waldo&phone=55523423) to push the info there, but for certain reasons I don't want that ugly great line up in the URL bar.

Curl allows me to post the info there .. however, it doesn't redirect the browser - or does it? I've looked and can't see a way of doing it. It's vital that

Can anyone help me out? I've learned a hell of a lot about http headers etc. but am still using GET method to transfer 🙂

[Anon]

I guess you do not need cURL to redirect the browser, PHP can do that.
You are posting something => getting a response from the destination => doing the redirect

I have a similar application posting something with curl to a payment server, receiving an answer and then redirecting the customer there.

STEP 1: use of curl

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"https://<paymentsite>");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xmltext);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER,0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);

$result=curl_exec ($ch);

STEP 2: paring the $result, extracting an Session-ID and a simply PHP redirect follows.

header ("Location: https://<paymentsite>?id=".$CLIENTSESSID);