Re: Re: [PHP] preprocessing

This looks like it will do it. I haven't tested it, so don't take my word for it. <?php /************************************************************************ * * PostIt - Pretend to be a form. * * Copyright (c) 1999 Holotech Enterprises. All rights reserved. * You may freely modify and use this function for your own purposes. You * may freely distribute it, without modification and with this notice * and entire header intact. * * This function takes an associative array and a URL. The array is URL- * encoded and then POSTed to the URL. If the request succeeds, the * response, if any, is returned in a scalar array. Outputting this is the * caller's responsibility; bear in mind that it will include the HTTP * headers. If the request fails, an associative array is returned with the * elements 'errno' and 'errstr' corresponding to the error number and * error message. If you have any questions or comments, please direct * them to postit@holotech.net * * Alan Little * Holotech Enterprises * http://www.holotech.net/ * December 1999 * ************************************************************************/ function PostIt($DataStream, $URL) { // Strip http:// from the URL if present $URL = ereg_replace("^http://", "", $URL); // Separate into Host and URI $Host = substr($URL, 0, strpos($URL, "/")); $URI = strstr($URL, "/"); // Form up the request body $ReqBody = ""; while (list($key, $val) = each($DataStream)) { if ($ReqBody) $ReqBody.= "&"; $ReqBody.= $key."=".urlencode($val); } $ContentLength = strlen($ReqBody); // Generate the request header $ReqHeader = "POST $URI HTTP/1.1\n". "Host: $Host\n". "User-Agent: PostIt\n". "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n". "Content-Length: $ContentLength\n\n". "$ReqBody\n"; // Open the connection to the host $socket = fsockopen($Host, 80, &$errno, &$errstr); if (!$socket) { $Result["errno"] = $errno; $Result["errstr"] = $errstr; return $Result; } $idx = 0; fputs($socket, $ReqHeader); while (!feof($socket)) { $Result[$idx++] = fgets($socket, 128); } return $Result; } ?> Nathan Cook ncook@pcsedu.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Cook" <security@pcsedu.com> To: <pkshifted@slackin.com>; "Php List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:54 AM Subject: Re: Re: [PHP] preprocessing > In that case you may be able to assemble the headers of a get using the header() > function. I will look up a few more things for you and get back to you after > lunch! :) > > Nathan Cook > ncook@pcsedu.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <pkshifted@slackin.com> > To: <security@pcsedu.com> > Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:51 AM > Subject: RE: Re: [PHP] preprocessing > > > > > > This is a fairly solid suggestion, and it may be what I have to do. But, > unfortunately, Page C is expecting a POST, not a GET, which may make it not > work. Also, I would like to avoid this if possible due to some of the sensitive > information that will be being passed to and fro. Even if it will be done using > SSL. > > > > >Try going to the page with the vars you need in the URL. i.e.: > > > > >>http://www.www.com/cgi-bin/script?var1=test&var2=testing > > >If that works then just use a simple header location forward in script 'b': > > >// process vars.... > > >header("LOCATION:http://www.www.com/cgi-bin/script?var1=test&var2=testing"); > > >That way the user will never have to interact with page 'b'. Note: do not > start > > >any output before the header command. > > >If that doesn't work then there should be some other way of assembling > cgi-post > > >headers with the header() function. > > >Good Luck. > > >Nathan Cook > > >ncook@pcsedu.com > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: <pkshifted@slackin.com> > > >To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > >Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:18 AM > > >Subject: [PHP] preprocessing > > >> > > >> I have what I feel to be a strange problem (I'm most likely wrong here). > > >> I have page A, which is an internal page, which posts to page C which is > > >external (belongs to another company). What I would like is to insert a > > >preprocessing script (let's call it page b). So, the end result would be, > users > > >input data to page a, page a then posts to page b, page b processes all > > >variables etc and then posts to page c. I don't want the customer, to ever > > >really have to interact with page b. Is that possible? > > >> If there is a command to do this, which I must've missed, that would really > be > > >all I need ;) > > >> > > >> Louis G > > >> > > >> -- > > >> 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 > > > > > > > -- > 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 > >