Pass value to a web form when a port is not responding.

gundamz

Hi guys,

I have a web form that i will use it when there is a problem with mysql.

i want to create a script where i will poll the port of multiple mysql servers. If anyone is down, the script will pass value to the web form and submit the issue to my host.

all the work are done in backend..so the script is basically doing some monitoring work before it execute the task.

How do i go about doing it in PHP?

Your guidance is appreciate.
Thanks & hope you enjoy your vday. 🆒

bradgrafelman

Well... I suppose you could try connecting to the databases:

$db1 = mysql_connect('server1', 'username', 'password');
$db2 = mysql_connect('server2', 'username', 'password');

if(!$db1 || !$db2) {
     // uh oh, something went wrong...
}

EDIT: And of course, if you want it to automatically submit a form, you'd probably want to look at the [man]cURL[/man] extension to POST the data.

gundamz

ya. I will take a look at the cURL option. 😃

gundamz

I have a problem passing a value.

at http://www.inverseflow.com/HelpDeskDemo/index.php , i will choose a department.

instead, i skip the main selection and pass the department value to the script, to bring me to the next section to fill in my particular.

http://www.inverseflow.com/HelpDeskDemo/index.php?department=8

There is a name field

When i try pass using http://www.inverseflow.com/HelpDeskDemo/index.php?department=8&name=myname , the name field did not show my name..

Any ideas why?

gundamz

any ideas why the value "myname" is not shown in the form field when i pass it directly..
http://www.inverseflow.com/HelpDeskDemo/index.php?department=8&name=myname

bradgrafelman

Is this your script? If not, it's obvious that the field isn't filled in from GET variables, but from POST variables. If you're trying to load this page from a script, you'd have to use [man]cURL[/man] to POST the data.