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Posted by Gary Quiring on 05/12/05 19:17
On Thu, 12 May 2005 16:05:19 +0100, Colin McKinnon
<colin.deletethis@andthis.mms3.com> wrote:
>Gary Quiring wrote:
>
>> I have a vendor sending me a text file using POST. I have a PHP program
>> receiving the data that works. I need to in the same stream return an
>> answer
>> via POST. How do I send that POST in the same stream?
>>
>
>You seem to be describing something which isn't HTTP - in HTTP, the client
>opens a socket to the designated port (default 80) on the server, sends a
>request which is usually POST or GET (but can be other things to). The
>server responds with some response headers and optionally some content. If
>you want to initiate a POST from the server then it must initiate a new
>connection _as_ a client.
>
>If you merely want to make some response to the POST....just output
>something to the browser:
>
>
>print (count($_POST) ? "Thanks,...got it\n" : "eh ? Nothing sent\n");
>
>POST and GET are semantically and functionally different in HTTP but, apart
>from the fact they are stored in seperate variables, are no different from
>the point of view of PHP (except when uploading files - because HTTP only
>allows that via POST).
>
>HTH
>
>C.
Ok I was not sure what to do. They do not have a spec and I have never done any
HTML or PHP before. It's all new stuff to me. In the past everyone was happy
sending via FTP and for some reason there is a 'rush' of new 3rd party software
houses that refuse to use anything but http to send some data.
Gary
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