RE: [PHP] getting a string from an external asp file

You can POST forms transparently between servers by using sockets. Basically, your PHP file will simply send the POSTed data to a page and will read it after that. Then you parse the ASP output and vuala! Start here: www.php.net/fsockopen Good Luck! Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Developer www.PHPBeginner.com // where PHP Begins > -----Original Message----- > From: Purple Tiger [mailto:zingo@purpletiger.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:37 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] getting a string from an external asp file > > This has probably been answered somewhere else, but I'm bashing my head > against a wall trying to find the answer. > > I'm trying to call an external ASP file from a different server (for > e-commerce authorisation) and send POST data to it. The ASP will return > only a string (ie prints it!!) and I need to get this into a variable so I > can process it. > > I assume I can't use a FORM for this as the ASP doesn't return HTML data. > > I've tried EXEC, but to no avail and need some help here. > Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php