Passing $id between forms

[neilmunn]

I have a script with collects a unique id. I then want to pass this id between 5 or 6 forms. How do I do this?

The first script looks like this:

<?php

$sHTMLpage = "https://www.aquote.co.uk/motor/ipl/ipl.dll?run+aquotepc:ipl/pagecontrol";

$htmlPage = getUrlViaHTTPS($sHTMLpage);

if (preg_match('/<form method="POST" action="\/motor\/ipl\/ipl\\.dll\\?go\\+([0-9]*)/', $htmlPage, $store)) {
$id = $store[1];
echo "ID Found: " . $id;
} else {
$id = "";
echo "No ID found";
}

function getUrlViaHTTPS($sURL) {
$cURLHandle = curl_init();
curl_setopt($cURLHandle, CURLOPT_URL, $sURL);
curl_setopt($cURLHandle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($cURLHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
curl_setopt($cURLHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
$returnValue = curl_exec($cURLHandle);
if (curl_errno($cURLHandle)) {
return curl_errno($cURLHandle) . ' - ' . curl_error($cURLHandle);
} else {
return $returnValue;
}
curl_close($cURLHandle);
}

$ch = curl_init("https://www.aquote.co.uk/motor/ipl/ipl.dll?go+".$id."+0");
$fp = fopen("test1.txt", "w");
$POSTFIELDS = " ";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);
?>

I then have 6 more forms to process using this code with different $POSTFIELDS variables. All of which will require $id.

<?php

$ch = curl_init("https://www.aquote.co.uk/motor/ipl/ipl.dll?go+".$id."+1");
$fp = fopen("test3.txt", "w");
$POSTFIELDS = "ContactTitle=Mr&ContactForenames=Neil&ContactSurname=Munn&ContactEmail=[e-mail]&ContactDayTel=01536521393&ContactEveTel=01536521393&ContactHouseNo=27&ContactPostcode=NN155BZ&PolicyIncepDate=251105";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);

?>

How do I pass $id between these forms? And would it be possible to automate the sending of the forms?

Thanks,
Neil

[vaaaska]

Put it in the page url and use $GET['id'] or $POST it and then grab it later:

$_POST['id'] = $some_id; // before you go to the next page
$id = $_POST['id']; // you can use '$id' from script to script

[neilmunn]

Thanks, for the reply.

I added $_POST['$id'] = $id; to the bottom of the first script.

and

$id = $_POST['id'];
if ($id == '926604505911' ) {
echo 'It works!';
} else {
echo 'Doh!';
}

to the start of the second to test that $id is passed over, but it isn't. What have I done wrong?

[vaaaska]

I don't know...what does $id work on the first page? Anything?

"...it isn't". Meaning, you are not getting any input regardin the $id at all? Not sure what that means...