Post info and go to another page?

[maxf]

Hey again,

I had a previous post about making PHP "browse the web" for you. I don't think I need to have it do that, but I do need to have this done (it would get the same thing done):

Is there any way that I can have a form that posts information on one page, but goes to a different page instead of the one that's being posted on? If so, how?

Also, is there any way for me to have PHP get the information that's being displayed on the page that's being posted on? I need to get the information that's returned after it's posted, but I can't go to the actual page.

I'll give you an example to clear things up:
Lets say we have index.php, extract.php, form.html, and results.html. Index would be my PHP page that posts information to form. Then extract would be the page that index goes to after the form has been submitted. Extract would have the information that form returned in the results page.
Make sense? Can it work?
Thanks..

[AstroTeg]

With curl, you can do it all in one script. Have the form data posted to the form of your choice, and then have curl listen for the results. Then what you do with the results (aka: a string of HTML) is up to you.

[maxf]

Can you maybe tell me what curl is? You've mentioned it in both replies.. (I don't have time right now to go Google..)

[AstroTeg]

Better yet, take a look at it on php.net: [man]curl[/man]. It makes it easy to work with HTTP communications.

[maxf]

Is there any other way that I can achieve my goal without using CURL? My host doesn't support and won't install it (and I don't feel like changing hosts about now.)

[AstroTeg]

You could use fsocket. Its pretty low level and would require you to do a lot of dirty work which curl does for you. But if you have the time, it could be done...