Re: Header() - POST
| From: | mike | Date: | Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:14:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Header() - POST | ||
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On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Boyd, Todd M. <tmboyd1@ccis.edu> wrote:
> On a side note... in the future, if you find that a particular process
> calls for POSTing to a different page, the cURL library (which I believe
> is now included with PHP by default in v5.x+) can accomplish a plethora
> of wonderful stuff that would ordinarily be handled by a browser
> (POSTing, basic HTTP authentication, SSL certs, etc.).
correct: curl is king for that
OP: sending POST to the browser doesn't do anything. POST is a
request, not a response.
if you want to re-post data you need to look at a client-side
alternative using javascript (or applets - flash, java, etc)