Filling out forms..

Originally, I had planned to run this application with the zend compiler, but as that's not out yet, I'm having to press ahead. What I'm doing, is taking a long form with a bunch of fields, from validated users, and putting the data into a MySQL database. I cannot allow the users direct access to the database. What I'm looking for, is some way to fill out the form, other than by hand, through a browser. I'm trying to avoid double-keying all this information. Ideally, this would be an app that the user runs on their system, or something on my system run by rexec, but without the compiler, I can't go that way. Is there any way to perform the same action and invoke a php script as if from "submit" on a form, without a browser, from a linux/unix box? I'll also need to solve this for wintel, but that's another hurdle. WHERE'S THAT COMPILER??? :) -- www.SpamWhack.com A pre-emptive strike against spam A tornado is a lady whose skirts you do NOT want to look up! Where's dave? http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?kc6ete-9