help with simple PHP script

[Whipshock]

hello, im trying to help out a friend
he has an application and needs a PHP script on a webserver to do the following:

1st the program POSTs to the script and the script needs to reply back with a certain file called "authorize.dat"

then the program POSTs again after receiving that and the script needs to reply back with this code:

<wddxPacket version='1.0'>
<header>
</header>
<data>
<struct>
<var name='ACCESSLEVEL'>
<number>5</number>
</var>
</struct>
</data>
</wddxPacket>

how can i do this?
im assuming an fopen, header, and echo ?
im a newbie though and he knows nothing about php

any help is appreciated 🙂 thanks

[OhLordy]

What do you mean when you say reply back? Do you mean output to the browser or actually passing data between different scripts?

What is in the authorize.dat file? is it code, text, binary? Is it to be displayed or processed?

Cheers
Rob

[Whipshock]

i am guessing output back to the browser...

the program just does a POST and then the server is supposed to "send that file" back and then post again and it sends that text back

the stuff in thnat file looks liek garbage its probably binary

[BuzzLY]

Are you sure PHP is the method you need to use? PHP is a server side script for browsers -- seems you need something else, like a perl script, unless I am understanding you wrong...

[Whipshock]

well apparently it can be done in PHP, ASP, or whatever it just needs to send out the data upon the two posts but im not sure how to do it 🙁