Posted by Jochem Maas on 08/05/05 22:38

Paul Nowosielski wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to setup a PHP script that will send a POST data request to a
> web form. The script needs to be automatic and not driven by a web form.
>
> For example.
>
> I have a cron script that runs every 15 minutes. The cron script calls
> my php script on the server and sends the important data to a web based
> form without human interaction. The data has to be passed with the
> method="post". Sending the data via a URL request does not suffice.
>
> So my question in general is: How can I send HTTP POST data to a remote
> interface without using an HTML FORM?.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.

assuming the cron script in written in php ;-) ....
try the curl extension - should do nicely:

http://php.net/curl

>
>
> TIA!
>

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