Re: Using PHP to POST a form (and go to the page)?

Yes HTTP_POST_VARS will be empty (or non-existant rather). If you want HTTP_POST_VARS to be not empty, then then actually have to POST! :) -jeremy brand > No, that'll send the user to the page, but not as if they had just > POSTed a form to that page (i.e. $HTTP_POST_VARS will be empty). > > > Thanks, > JRB > > jeremy brand <jeremy@nirvani.net> wrote: > > > > > I want to use PHP to create some POST vars and post to a given page > > > with the browser going to that page. I've seen some posts here > (like > > > Rasmus' post) and a code snippet on Zend that use fsockopen() and > > > fputs() to post some variables to a page, but the browser never > > > actually goes to the receiving page. Unless I've used them > wrong... > > > > > > What I want is the browser to act as if the the user had actually > > > posted the form himself. > > > > > > Anyone know how I can do this? > > > > Simulate your post, like the code you describe as having, with > > fsockopen, then send a header('Location: > > http://somewhere') to the > > page at which you want to end up. > > > > -jeremy brand > > -- > > ls > > -- > 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 > >