using PHP to post data to a cgi script?

[Anon]

Hello

I would really appreciate some help on this.

I need to write a PHP script which sends certain information (in this case user registration information) to an iBill script.

So basically I want to send $username etc. to secure.ibill.com/cgi-win/ccard/rssignup.exe

iBill allows me to do this if I POST the information in a certain order.

My problem is, how do I POST using PHP?!!

thanks!!!!

[foxden]

You have to use an HTML form. Ex:

<form method=\"post\" action=\"cgi_script.ext\">
<input type=\"text\" name=\"var\" value=\"$var\">
<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Submit now!\">
</form>

This will send a variable that the user types into a text field called $var to a file or script called cgi_script.ext

-Josh

[tasistro]

I use CURL

$postparams="value1=34&value2=43&name=gerardo";

$targeturl = '%your path to curl here%/curl -u %your username%:%your password% -d "'.$postparams.'" https://www.whateversite.com/whateverpath';

$curlresult=$targeturl; // note the backtics

Now $curlresult holds the page returned by server www.whateversite.com and can be parsed for whatever data you need.

Read the man pages on curl, very neat. You can even work through proxies and the sort.

Saludos
Gerardo