Re: Calling IE for a form POST

In this case, it's to integrate a PHP-GTK application with a web-based one. It's not just for passing data - the user will be using the website after a hand-off. I'd like to use the form post to pass the login credentials in a manner hidden from the user, so that I'm not littering a browser's site history with usernames and passwords, etc. Once the form post is done in IE, the user must interact with the web-based application, so it can't be done directly from PHP-GTK. -Ben On Tuesday 19 July 2005 11:37, Scott Mattocks wrote: > Sorry if I missed anything but why do you need a browser to submit the > form data? You can do this with PHP and avoid the browser all together. > Take a look at PEAR::HTTP_Request > (http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.http.http-request.intro.php) > > Scott > > Benjamin Smith wrote: > > > Nope. Never did. I've asked the list several times - I guess nobody has > > figured out how to use COM to get IE to submit a form post to an arbitrary > > web address. After lots of googling, I dug up some obscure references about > > passing in arrays one character at a time when using .NET/ASP, but I never > > got it to work in PHP/GTK. > > > > I ended up wrapping the call to IE in a function with passed in parameters, > > and am now using HTTP GET. > > > > It's lousy, limited to 1024 characters, and somewhat insecure, but works for > > now until I can figure out how to get IE to do a post via COM. (Or, I work > > out a form post method that's browser-agnostic so that I can use > > Moz/Konqi/IE/Safari depending on the platform) > > > > -Ben > > > > On Tuesday 19 July 2005 09:43, you wrote: > > > >>Ben, > >> > >>I apologize for writing directly to you if it is an offense. I was trying > > > > to accomplish what you have already worked on and did not know if you found a > > solution. If you did would you be kind enough to provide an example or link > > to the info? > > > >>Thanks for your time, > >> > >>Jon Aston > > > > > > -- > Scott Mattocks > scott@crisscott.com > http://www.crisscott.com > http://pear.php.net/user/scottmattocks > > -- > PHP-GTK General Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - XEROX PARC slogan, circa 1978