GET operation

[renny]

How do I run a HTTP Get Operation without having to load the page on my current page or make an invisible IFRAME and have that page loaded in it?

In PERL there is a function like the following:

my $request = new HTTP::Request 'GET', $myurl;

where $myurl will be something like: http://www.whatever.com/index.php?fname=renny&lname=test

etc.

Is it possible to do this with PHP?

Thanks,
-Renny

[renny]

I found out a little bit more, I think this is possible using cURL, anybody has any info on what's the command, etc?

[renny]

I found my solution using cURL. Thanks!

[Weedpacket]

Okay, but did you look at fopen() and file()?

[superwormy]

fsockopen() / fopen() and fread() accomplish this as well..

Oh, and btw, HTTP::Request is not a function in Perl, its a method contained in the HTTP module that you can download for Perl.

You should note the cURL support is not built-in to all PHP installations.

You could also go with command-line solutions, system() calls to wget or lynx.