RE: [PHP] Automated Downloads WAS File ...
| From: | Jay Blanchard | Date: | Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:22:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Automated Downloads WAS File ... | ||
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> 1. Access the login page with 3 pieces of information to be passed.
> Unfortunately this information cannot be passed via URL.
> 2. Activate login which creates a session id (JSP pages)
> 3. Retrieve list of files from a page to compare against files already
> downloaded (no problem here)
> 4. Retrieve files via download (zip format). I believe I can accomplish
> this with fopen or fsockopen.
"Snoopy is a PHP class that simulates a web browser. It automates the
task of retrieving web page content and posting forms, for example."
http://sourceforge.net/projects/snoopy/
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Excellent John, thank you! That looks just like what I need to use. I have
just run a couple of tests and while I am confused about a couple of methods
I have it working properly (it only took a couple of minutes).
Jay