Re: How to make HTTP call to another address?

Maybe it helps to open the address with the fopen( )- or file( )-function to read it's contents. I use this method to get data from (dynamic) html pages on another website. I don't have that much knowledge about Java servlets, so I don't know if this works for that also. Arnout "Matt Busche" <spammymatt94@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20040712172509.18457.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I've recently set up some Tomcat/Java/Servlet stuff that provides some > high-level functions I wish to make available from PHP. In other words, > from PHP, I want to make an HTTP call to an address like: > > > > http://mycompany.com/myservlet?request=doSomething&arg1=meat&arg2=potatoes > > and then use the returned stream of data to service the original PHP > request. Clear? > > I quickly found the PHP HTTP library ( > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.http.php ), but my quick > perusal makes me > think this is only useful for controlling the HTTP response sent back to the > browser making the original PHP request. > > Can someone help me? > > FYI: I'm a newbie. Please forgive me if this is an old-hat question. > > Matt