Posted by Martin Jay on 04/12/06 17:55

In message <e1j0e8$8r8$1@ulysses.noc.ntua.gr>, "m65@vivodinet.gr"
<m65@vivodinet.gr> writes
>Let's say you have a bank-account,
>and in this bank account each month you get the sallary...
>And you pay the bills
>and you have the bills' receipt numbers
>Assume that you don't use a lot of passwords, just one, the login.

>Can I use php in order to make my apache server, communicate
>*automatically* with the bank's server, and process the whole action by
>itself...??How can I process the bank's form buttons?

In theory you could, however your bank is likely to think your account
is being hacked, at least when you're testing your PHP script and
correcting the errors you will certainly encounter.

And even if you do get things up and running smoothly, your bank may
change something at their end, and you may end up doing an unexpected
transaction.

Here in the UK we can choose to pay the majority of our bills using
automated payment processes, such as Direct Debit and Standing Order.
Doesn't your bank offer similar services?

And you can also use MS Money, and probably other programs, to
communicate with accounts from some banks.
--
Martin Jay

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