Sending POST variable without openning a new window

juworld

Please Help ppl!

Can anyone tell me how i can send a post variable to a php page without openning the target php page in a new window?

for example, i have myPage.php and i need to send information to a middle-ware company mw.php. mw.php is actually a blank page that only has CGI code that will take in POST variables. So i dont wanna open a new window with POST variables append onto the URL.

Thanks for the help!

Justin

eoghain

Search out messages that I've posted and you'll find one that has a class attached called Browser.php. This class was built to simulate a web browser from within a php page. I was working on the idea of anonymous browsing at the time. Anyway this code will show you how you can connect to another web page and send post variables to it from within your php script, thus avoiding opening up a new window.

Actually here I went and found it for you:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10207460

juworld

Hey eoghain!

thanx for the advice... i dl'ed the broswer.php... this is a really good code! took me a while to look through them!

but, im kinda slow... so i was wondering if you can gimme another pointer or advice (maybe something more specific that i need to look into that im not doing right now)...

Thanks man!

Justin

eoghain

The only advice I can give is to look at the sections of that code that deal with the [man]fsockopen/man command and see what I'm doing to build the HTTP header to send to the 3rd party server. I know that code is a lot more complex than what you are looking to do, but the basics are all there. You might also want to check out w3c's web site to read about HTTP headers and the like.

juworld

Thanks man! i'll go read more about sockets then... thanx for the pointer

justin

juworld

hey eoghain,

got it working man... its all about the header and simple socket connection...

thanks a lot

justin

eoghain

Glad I could help.