zip and USPS

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Ruy P. Delgado wrote: > I can do a js that would Table1Form.submit() with my database fields but > how exactly can I get this information into PHP variables? how can I parse > the resulting page from the usps site? Just jumping in here, Ruy, but the Javascript will submit the form, but it can be returned and parsed via PHP. Actually, would it be possible to just POST the data to a fsockopen() call and read the response... eliminating the need for Javascript? There are a slew of tools out there to do this (I have one such tool at http://www.hansanderson.com/php/, LWP-ish tool). I've done some scripts like this, that post to a server and read the response, parse it and take conditional steps (update databases, output errors, etc). The only hard part is getting the parsing correct, as it can change frequently. If the USPS is consistent, this won't take long, though. Hans Anderson ~ me@hansanderson.com PO Box 426, Missoula, MT 59806 | PHP, Search Engines, SQL (800)397-9116 / (406)549-6524 | Databases, Flash Multimedia, http://www.hansanderson.com | Killer Audio Production, http://www.goofiness.com | Minty Fresh Breath.