Re: PHP as a web browser?
| From: | Matt McClanahan | Date: | Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:07:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP as a web browser? | ||
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On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 11:48:38PM -0800, David Yee wrote:
> Is it possible to have PHP act like a web browser, accept cookies and
> post data (for login)? I'm not sure exactly where to start- I know
> you can use fopen/file to retrieve url's but I'm not too sure about
> the other steps. I would like to write and run such a php script as
> a cron job and have it do something like log into my web-based email
> account, retrieve emails, process them, save them locally, and then
> delete them on the server. Thanks for any help.
Have a look at hte Snoopy PHP class, an object that simulates a web
browser.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/snoopy/
Matt