RE: [PHP] HTTP POST Question

> 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. > If all you want is to display the remote page, within the local page, then all you need is fpassthru() ex. $server = "http://www.site.com"; $fp = fopen($server,"r") // "r" is for reading fpassthru($fp); This will display the results of the remote file (html or whatever) into the local file (in this case, your PHP file). > > > > -----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 > >