Posted by Manuel Lemos on 08/05/05 23:11

Hello,

on 08/05/2005 04:33 PM Paul Nowosielski said the following:
> 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?.

You may want to take a look at this HTTP client class. Besides
submitting POST form values, it also handles redirection and cookies if
necessary.

http://www.phpclasses.org/httpclient


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Regards,
Manuel Lemos

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