Re: [PHP3] Sending POST variables

Hi, well, I wrote a script that does just what you are saying. Only for altavista though. I got the url unobfuscated from samspade.org and I just plugin the new info. Heres what I do, if you know the whole url just assign it to say $URL then $myfile =fopen($URL,"r"); where URL is some crazy crap like, http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=aq&q=php+and+web+development&r=&kl =XX&d0=&d1=&search.x=21&search.y=1 From my limited experience, this will make it so you dont have to worry about post or get, you just "open" harry -----Original Message----- From: Benton Jackson <goatrider@goatrider.com> To: spider <noone@nowhere.com>; php-general@lists.php.net <php-general@lists.php.net> Date: Sunday, May 21, 2000 5:42 PM Subject: RE: [PHP-GENERAL] [PHP3] Sending POST variables >If you are accessing the web page via script, you are probably already >sending an HTTP header (if there's an easier way, nobody's told me). The >post data is there. I think it's just lines with "variable=value". > >> From: spider [mailto:noone@nowhere.com] >> >> How does one send values to a server by the POST method from >> a PHP-script? I want to send queries to search engines and recieve >> the output file from the search engine; the problem is that some >> search engines' pages have forms using the POST method and their >> scripts only take POST-variables. I know that GET variables are sent >> simply by putting a '?' after the URL and separating the variables by >> an '&'. > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net