Re: Getting Information from a CGI POST

Don, Thanks for the info. I'm a bit confused, When I call the function, what is the syntax as it applies to my form? ie: openpost ("dps2.usairways.com, /cgi-bin/fi, FltNum=2972 page=fi"); I know this doesn't work, but do you see what I mean? Forgive my ignorance, I'm still learning :-) Also, how do I set more than one NAME= VALUE= pair? As a reference, here's the form I am getting the info from: ------------------------------------------------- <form name="flightStatusForm" method="post" action="http://dps2.usairways.com/cgi-bin/fi"> <input type="text" name="FltNum" size="6" maxlength="4"></td> <input type="hidden" name="page" value="fi"> <select class="bodytext" name="selectDay" size="1"> <script> todayMonth = monthNames[today.getMonth() + 1]; document.write( '<option value=\"' + todayMonth + ' ' + today.getDate() + '\">today</option>'); tomorrowMonth = monthNames[tomorrow.getMonth() + 1]; document.write( '<option value=\"' + tomorrowMonth + ' ' + tomorrow.getDate() + '\">tomorrow</option>'); yesterdayMonth = monthNames[yesterday.getMonth() + 1]; document.write( '<option value=\"' + yesterdayMonth + ' ' + yesterday.getDate() + '\">yesterday</option>'); </script> </select> </form> ------------------------------------------------- TIA! Clayton Dukes CCNA, CCDA, CCDP, CCNP Download Free Essays, Term Papers and Cisco Training from http://www.gdd.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Read" <dread@texas.net> To: "Clayton Dukes" <cdukes@cdukes.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 12:01 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Getting Information from a CGI POST > > On 02-Jul-01 Clayton Dukes wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Is it possible to get information from a POST to a cgi and return the value? > > Yes. > > function openpost($host, $path, $poststr) { > $errno=0; > $errstr=''; > > $hdr=sprintf("POST /%s HTTP/1.0\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\n", > $path, strlen($poststr)); > $hdr .="Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"; > $hdr .="Accept: text/html\r\nAccept: text/plain\r\n"; > $hdr .="User-Agent: Mozilla/1.0\r\n\r\n"; > > $fp = fsockopen($host , 80, &$errno, &$errstr, 45); > if (!$fp) { > echo "$host open error: $errstr $errno .\n"; > return(0); > } else { > fputs($fp,$hdr.$poststr); > return($fp); > } > } > > while (!feof($fp)) { > $buff=fgets($fp, 1024); > dofoo($buff); > } > fclose($fp); > > > Isn't there a way to have PHP go and check this onec every x minutes and > > return the status? > > Yep, there is. > > > > > Can this be done? > > Yes. > > Regards, > -- > Don Read dread@texas.net > -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to > steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.