Retrieving info from http GET

[Skor]

I'm trying to help a client out here. This is typically out of my domain, but the forum's been great in the past.

Here's what we're trying to do, but don't know how to in PHP.

1. I have a URL string where the client needs to include some variable information.
   test.abc.com:8080?variable1=9899&variable2=09oid&variable3=Y

2. What comes back is either a YES or a NO

3. The code will branch accordingly.

My question is what is the best approach to connect to the site? I've done a little research and found a couple of alternatives -- fsockopen, fopen, GET/HTTP. The partner can't get what he's coded and wanted to know if he's just barking up the wrong tree.

Just looking for a recommended approach here. Thanks in advance.

[Weedpacket]

There's file_get_contents as well. But if that's the string you're using I have to point out that it's probably not the URL you want (it would be if it started with "http://".)

[_uk_stuff]

Not sure if its of use but I have used the CURL library to perform some remote web page monitoring... Might be worth taking a look

http://www.php.net/curl