note 80683 added to function.http-post-fields

To use POST to submit a form to a site which requires a cookie for authentication you put the cookie in the $options array. Example: <?php $auth="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; $form_url="http://pirates.spy-hill.net/forum_reply.php?thread=663"; $message = "RoboCodeDwarf now has the gold. \n\n"; $message .= "RoboCodeDwarf sez: [quote] " . fortune -s . "[/quote]\n"; $form_fields = array( 'content' => $message, 'add_signature' => 'add_it', 'submit' => 'Post reply' ); $form_files=array(); $form_options=array( 'cookies' => array( 'auth' => $auth ) ); $response = http_post_fields($form_url, $form_fields, $form_files, $form_options ); $n = preg_match("/HTTP\/1.1 302 Found/", $response, $matches); if($n<1) echo "FAILED\n"; else echo "POSTED\n"; ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 76.15.106.184 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.http-post-fields.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/80683 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80683/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80683/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80683/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80683/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80683/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80683/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80683 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/80683 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php