RE: [PHP] HTTP POST Question

OK, any idea's on a good tutorial on how to create the socket to do a HTTP_POST? thanks, evan PS. My girlfriend always complains when I send back one line e-mail's. Now I understand why. > -----Original Message----- > From: Milan Mlynarcik [SMTP:mmlynarcik@charmed.sk] > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:06 AM > To: Montgomery-Recht, Evan > Subject: Re: [PHP] HTTP POST Question > > You can do it with socket functions. > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Milan Mlynarcik > Web Programmer > Charmed Technology Slovakia > Nam. sv. Egidia 16/37 > 058 01 Poprad, Slovakia > E-mail: mmlynarcik@charmed.sk > Office: 00421 92 7881 874 > Mobile: 00421 905 964 535 > Web page: http://www.charmed.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Montgomery-Recht, Evan" <evan.montgomery-recht@lmco.com> > To: "'Milan Mlynarcik'" <mmlynarcik@charmed.sk> > Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 2:06 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] HTTP POST Question > > > > I see the basic's... but... It's not completely clear from what I'm > seeing. > > > > 1. It appears if I use the header function I have to redirect the page > to > > another page, it doesn't appear possible to retrieve a page into the > current > > page? Unless someone can show me some code that would do that. > > > > 2. it's not clear how you would actually set the HTTP_POST_VARS's and > when > > you use the header("Request-URI:"); if that uses the HTTP_POST_VARS? > > > > as of right now it looks like the code would go as follows: > > > > <?php > > $HTTP_POST_VARS (not sure how to set these > > Something like this $HTTP_POST_VARS['uid']="userid"; ) > > header("Request-URI: > > http://localhost/cgi-bin/script.pl"); > > ?> > > > > Is that all that has to be done? > > > > thanks, > > > > evan > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Milan Mlynarcik [SMTP:mmlynarcik@charmed.sk] > > > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 7:33 AM > > > To: Montgomery-Recht, Evan > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] HTTP POST Question > > > > > > You have to use header() function and how POST work you can find in > HTTP > > > RFC > > > at http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Milan Mlynarcik > > > Web Programmer > > > Charmed Technology Slovakia > > > Nam. sv. Egidia 16/37 > > > 058 01 Poprad, Slovakia > > > E-mail: mmlynarcik@charmed.sk > > > Office: 00421 92 7881 874 > > > Mobile: 00421 905 964 535 > > > Web page: http://www.charmed.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Montgomery-Recht, Evan" <evan.montgomery-recht@lmco.com> > > > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 1:06 PM > > > Subject: [PHP] HTTP POST Question > > > > > > > > > > Good morning... > > > > > > > > This should be a good monday morning question. > > > > > > > > I have a cgi-bin written in perl (it's actually, a interface to a > > > > perl-module which is a interface to a telnet-like protocol). > > > > > > > > Anyways what I need to do is I have already existing code written in > > > PHP, > > > > but at some point I need to call this cgi-bin and get a return code > from > > > it > > > > and process (good/bad result) and return to completed php script > that > > > says > > > > it called this cgi-bin. It's not very clear how to set the > > > HTTP_POST_VARS > > > > for sending to a post command (which doesn't seem to exist); > > > > > > > > Any ideas I don't see a function called: > > > > > > > > $HTTP_POST_VARS =set variables; > > > > $result = > > > > http_post("http://localhost/cgi-bin/script.pl"); > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > evan > > > > > > > > PS. I'd appricate a working example, even if it's a dummy version. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > 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