Re: emulate Post with redirect

I was trying to do it without cURL, since it's not on our server. I guess I'll just install it, and just use that. I checked out snoopy but when it gets down to it, it just uses cURL, so I rather just use cURL directly and cut the fat (of code that is). "Jason Wong" <php-general@gremlins.biz> wrote in message news:200301061422.38723.php-general@gremlins.biz... > On Monday 06 January 2003 14:01, Bobby Patel wrote: > > Hello, I want to emulate a POST request to Paypal. Originally a POST > > request is sent from the user (through a form) and the user is redirected > > to paypal's site. Now, what I want to do is to emulate a POST request (so > > that the surfer can't see some of the hidden fields of the form) and to > > deter tampering. (If they could see all the fields, they could just create > > their own form , and just change the amount). > > > > Possible solution: > > fsockopen to emulate POST, but that doesn;t redirect the user, using > > header will direct the user to the paypal site, but then I have to use a > > GET request and then once again variables are visible and modifiable. > > > > > > Desired solution: > > a PHP script (toPaypal.php, say) that is called when a surfer wants to buy > > something for a product for $5 , say. > > The Product form will direct to the toPaypal.php script that creates a POST > > request and sends the request and the surefer to Paypal. > > > > Any ideas? or did I just make this confusing? One solution I guess is to > > just double check the total amount credited to the merchant account matches > > the product. But then I ask this question out of curosity. > > Have a look at curl and snoopy. > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > > /* > Remember, drive defensively! And of course, the best defense is a good > offense! > */ >