Simulating a FORM POST

metalhead

I have a HTML FORM that sends submitted data to my PHP script - using POST due to the large amount to form data. Which works fine.

However, I want to setup a crontab on my server that automatically posts variables/values to my PHP script. I have tried writing a PHP script (that I indent running from my crontab) to send POST data to my main PHP script via a HTTP header, but my script doesn't work.

Please can somebody tell me how this can be done?

sarahk

Is this a background process you are writing?

Must the variables be passed. Can't it call a script that then sets up the variables and calls the script you really want.

Will anyone see a webpage based on this?

metalhead

Originally posted by sarahk
Is this a background process you are writing?

Must the variables be passed. Can't it call a script that then sets up the variables and calls the script you really want.

Will anyone see a webpage based on this?

If a particular variable is passed to my script the output of the script emails me the results, otherwise the output is displayed. Hense results are emailed to me if run from a crontab, and displayed if I choose to run the script via my web browser.

No the variables don't need to be passed. However, I forgot to mention the the script is on a remote server to the sever where my crontabs are.

MrAlaska

You might find some help in the Snoopy library....
http://sourceforge.net/projects/snoopy/