Re: PHP Data Mining/Data Scraping

In case you have no control on the other URL, then CURL is probably your best solution. Otherwise, a better way to do it is probably to interact with a web service installed on the other website. -- itoctopus - http://www.itoctopus.com ""Shannon Whitty"" <shannonw@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:C2.10.08662.8DEBF464@pb1.pair.com... > Hi, > > I'm looking for a piece of software or coding that will let me post a form > to another URL, accept the response, search it for a specific "success" > string and then let me continue processing the rest of my program. > > I want to accept queries on behalf of my supplier, forward it to them > behind the scenes, accept their response and display it within my website. > > Has anyone had any experience with this? Is there a simple, basic utility > to let me do this? > > I was kind of hoping I could avoid developing it myself. > > Thanks > Shannon