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Posted by ZeldorBlat on 09/19/06 14:38
admin@worstofboston.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a mysql box that has a private network ip. The old developer was
> running our web server on this machine but the company since retired
> the box and it is in a closet, still running, but sad and alone,
> aliased as oldserver.mycompany.com.
>
> Now I am finding out that I need to use some of the funcitonality in
> the scripts that are on the old box.
>
> So, I just installed PHP on our new IIS webserver.
>
> I have a form that he built which collects information from potential
> clients and then passes it on for entry in the database (on the old
> box), sends out emails, does calculations, and so on and so forth. It
> does a lot, actually.
>
> I cannot build a form to pass directly to this mysql box because it
> does not have a public IP. I cannot submit directly to a private IP.
> Found this out recently.
>
> So I was thinking I could have the form submit to our web server, and
> they my web server could in turn submit the $_POST variables to the
> private box.
>
> This should work, no?
>
> My problem is, I need to create a file on my web server that will do
> nothing but take the $_POST variables and hand them off to the private
> box for processing.
>
> How can I take $_POST and repost it?
>
> It is probably not difficult, but I am new to PHP. I have looked,
> cannot find the answer.
>
> I would not be able to press a button, so the submission would have to
> be automatic.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Can you help? I truly appreciate it. I need to get this up... as a
> temporary solution... then I can try to duplicate the functionality on
> the private box with the web server.
>
> All I want to do is take the $_POST variables from the form and pass
> them to an intermediary script that is able to talk to the private box,
> and then have that intermediary script pass them along again as a
> $_POST array.
>
> Thanks a lot!!!!!!
>
> Frank
Use the curl functions (http://www.php.net/curl). Here's how:
$ch = curl_init("http://oldserver.mycompany.com/somepage.php");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST); //use the POST method
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $_POST); //take the $_POST array
and use those as the POST parameters for the curl request
curl_exec($ch); //execute the request
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