RE: [PHP] Passing POST variables w/out a FORM submit

Ok, after looking over the code to do the POST manually on your website Chris, I think I haven't been clear on what needs to happen. I apologize. A web browser executes the following code: <param name=movie value="flash/platMap.swf?svPath=http://xxxx.xxxx.com/~damon/stvalerydown s/docs/ww w/flash/platMap.php?getPlatList=true"> <embed src="flash/platMap.swf?svPath=http://xxxx.xxxxx.com/~damon/docs/www/flas h/platMap.php?getPlatList=true" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_P rod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="698" height="550"></embed> Now, when the page executes the code, the return value from the platMap.php should be a POST or a GET response that contains the pData variable. The platMap.php script creates the pData variable and then needs to send it back to the flash movie in the POST or GET response. Hopefully that makes a little more sense. Also, your site may describe how to do this and I am just no getting it. If that is the case I apologize in advance for my ignorance. Thanks. M Damon Hill Senior Technical Lead IFWorld, Inc. www.ifworld.com Go Hogs! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard -----Original Message----- From: Chris Shiflett [mailto:shiflett@php.net] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:41 PM To: Damon Hill; 'php-general@lists.php.net' Subject: Re: [PHP] Passing POST variables w/out a FORM submit --- Damon Hill <damon@office.IFWORLD.com> wrote: > I am not privy to how to create the POST or GET response without a > FORM. GET is easy, because you can just use fopen to open a remote URL just as if it were a local file, so long as this is set in your php.ini: allow_url_fopen = On As for POST, there are a number of options. You can use cURL, any of the PEAR classes that allow you to make HTTP requests, or you can do it manually: http://shiflett.org/hacks/php/http_post Hope that helps. Chris ===== Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP Security Handbook Coming mid-2004 HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/ RAMP Training Courses http://www.nyphp.org/ramp -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php