so i was thinking today is it possible to write a php script that goes to a web page and fills out a form (say a poll) and submit and do that over and over again?
Look at loops on the PHP page (http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.while.php, http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.for.php). You could also (if on *nix) use crontab or some similar program. It will run certain tasks on specified times.
All you would have to do is specify the information as variables. If the form used POST, you'd have to send the information via POST. If the form used GET, you could simply append the information on the URL.
okay i get the while and for... but how would i send information via a php script from website A to website B using the POST method?
I can't really think of a way to send them through post without physically sending a form, which could be possible to do with javascript, but everything would then have to be done through a browser.
hmm.. oh well.. i didn't think it was possible in php.. maybe java or a C++ program...
There probably is a way to do it, I just can't think of one.
