POSTing from a PHP script?

[Melville]

Is it possible for a PHP script to create form and then POST it without the user having clicked anything?

For example, I want the user to confirm something. If the user confirms, I have to create a record and then post to a different page.

Thank you very much

[devinemke]

1. display a from to the user
2. user fills out form and submits
3. the form handler script validates the posted data and sticks it into a [man]session[/man]
4. display a confirmation form (or error) to user
5. the form handler for the confirmation form sticks the session data into the database and either displays a "thank you" message or use [man]header[/man] to re-direct to a separate "thnak you" page.

[Melville]

Under normal circumstances, this would work fine, but I need to post the data to a PayPal form, and I cannot get them to retrieve the data from a session. I actually need to post the form. Can I do that with a header command? Or perhaps an fwrite command? If so, do you have an example?

Thank you.

Melville

[devinemke]

PayPal, and most other payment gateways, do not necessarily require that the data be POSTed. you can simply send GET variables on the URL string. this can be sent via the [man]header[/man] fucntion.

[Melville]

I will do that. Thank you very much!